#38889D#38889D

#38889D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.083 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38889D
RGB	rgb(56, 136, 157)
HSL	hsl(192, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 13.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, -17.61, -18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 25.48, 226.28°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% -0.0655 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.083 218)
XYZ	xyz(16.5184, 20.8817, 35.0518)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38889D #9D4D38

analogous

#389D80 #38889D #38569D

triadic

#38889D #9D3888 #889D38

tetradic

#38889D #80389D #9D4D38 #569D38

square

#38889D #80389D #9D4D38 #569D38

split-complementary

#38889D #9D3856 #9D8038

monochromatic

#183A43 #286170 #38889D #51AAC1 #7EC0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#38889D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#38889D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38889D

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38889D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38889D	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A849E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38889d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 136, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.083 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaaba',
    500: '#38889d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38889d;
$custom-light: #7aaaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38889d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.475,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58626,
    "c": 0.08314,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.20883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38889D

secondary

#BA8576

accent

#6D51D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38889D

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

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