#38889E#38889E

#38889E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.084 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38889E
RGB	rgb(56, 136, 158)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 13.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, -17.29, -18.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 25.64, 227.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% -0.0651 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.084 219)
XYZ	xyz(16.6041, 20.9160, 35.5032)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38889E #9E4E38

analogous

#389E81 #38889E #38559E

triadic

#38889E #9E3888 #889E38

tetradic

#38889E #81389E #9E4E38 #559E38

square

#38889E #81389E #9E4E38 #559E38

split-complementary

#38889E #9E3855 #9E8138

monochromatic

#183A44 #286171 #38889E #52A9C2 #7FC0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#38889E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#38889E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38889E

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38889E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38889E	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	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)

#7A849F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38889e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 136, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.084 219.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38889e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.941,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58668,
    "c": 0.08375,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.20918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38889E

secondary

#BB8677

accent

#6E51D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38889E

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

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