#38879F#38879F

#38879F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.084 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38879F
RGB	rgb(56, 135, 159)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 15.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.59, -16.43, -19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.59, 25.83, 230.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% -0.0636 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.084 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5503, 20.6702, 35.9117)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38879F #9F5038

analogous

#389F84 #38879F #38539F

triadic

#38879F #9F3887 #879F38

tetradic

#38879F #84389F #9F5038 #539F38

square

#38879F #84389F #9F5038 #539F38

split-complementary

#38879F #9F3853 #9F8438

monochromatic

#183A44 #286172 #38879F #52A8C2 #7FBFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#38879F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#38879F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38879F

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38879F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38879F	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	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)

#7984A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A799F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38879f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 135, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.084 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaabb',
    500: '#38879f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38879f;
$custom-light: #7aaabb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38879f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.981,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58464,
    "c": 0.08441,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38879F

secondary

#BB8777

accent

#7050D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38879F

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

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