#38899C#38899C

#38899C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.083 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38899C
RGB	rgb(56, 137, 156)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 12.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, -18.47, -17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 25.39, 223.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% -0.067 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.083 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5748, 21.1306, 34.6512)
Luminance	0.2113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38899C #9C4B38

analogous

#389C7D #38899C #38579C

triadic

#38899C #9C3889 #899C38

tetradic

#38899C #7D389C #9C4B38 #579C38

square

#38899C #7D389C #9C4B38 #579C38

split-complementary

#38899C #9C3857 #9C7D38

monochromatic

#183A42 #28616F #38899C #51ABC0 #7EC1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#38899C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#38899C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38899C

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38899C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38899C	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38899c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 137, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.083 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aabb9',
    500: '#38899c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38899c;
$custom-light: #7aabb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38899c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.4,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58832,
    "c": 0.08266,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38899C

secondary

#BA8376

accent

#6A51D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38899C

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

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