#38899B#38899B

#38899B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.082 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38899B
RGB	rgb(56, 137, 155)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 11.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, -18.78, -16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 25.27, 221.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% -0.0674 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.082 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4905, 21.0969, 34.2070)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38899B #9B4A38

analogous

#389B7C #38899B #38589B

triadic

#38899B #9B3889 #899B38

tetradic

#38899B #7C389B #9B4A38 #589B38

square

#38899B #7C389B #9B4A38 #589B38

split-complementary

#38899B #9B3858 #9B7C38

monochromatic

#183A41 #28616E #38899B #50ACC0 #7DC1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#38899B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#38899B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38899B

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38899B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38899B	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38899b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 137, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.082 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aabb8',
    500: '#38899b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38899b;
$custom-light: #7aabb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38899b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5879,
    "c": 0.08215,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38899B

secondary

#B98275

accent

#6951D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38899B

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

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