#38889C#38889C

#38889C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.083 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38889C
RGB	rgb(56, 136, 156)
HSL	hsl(192, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 12.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, -17.93, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 25.33, 224.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% -0.0659 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.083 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.4334, 20.8477, 34.6040)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38889C #9C4C38

analogous

#389C7E #38889C #38569C

triadic

#38889C #9C3888 #889C38

tetradic

#38889C #7E389C #9C4C38 #569C38

square

#38889C #7E389C #9C4C38 #569C38

split-complementary

#38889C #9C3856 #9C7E38

monochromatic

#183942 #28616F #38889C #51AAC0 #7EC0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#38889C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#38889C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38889C

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38889C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38889C	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B849D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38889c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 136, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.083 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aabb9',
    500: '#38889c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38889c;
$custom-light: #7aabb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38889c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58583,
    "c": 0.08257,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38889C

secondary

#BA8376

accent

#6C51D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38889C

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

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