#38879E#38879E

#38879E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.084 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38879E
RGB	rgb(56, 135, 158)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 14.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.55, -16.75, -19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.55, 25.64, 229.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% -0.064 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.084 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4639, 20.6356, 35.4565)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38879E #9E4F38

analogous

#389E82 #38879E #38549E

triadic

#38879E #9E3887 #879E38

tetradic

#38879E #82389E #9E4F38 #549E38

square

#38879E #82389E #9E4F38 #549E38

split-complementary

#38879E #9E3854 #9E8238

monochromatic

#183A44 #286071 #38879E #52A8C2 #7FBFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#38879E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#38879E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38879E

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38879E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38879E	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79849F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A799E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38879e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 135, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.084 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaaba',
    500: '#38879e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38879e;
$custom-light: #7aaaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38879e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.529,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58421,
    "c": 0.08375,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38879E

secondary

#BB8677

accent

#6F51D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38879E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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