#38899E#38899E

#38899E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.084 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38899E
RGB	rgb(56, 137, 158)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 13.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, -17.83, -18.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 25.67, 226.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% -0.0662 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.084 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7456, 21.1989, 35.5504)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38899E #9E4D38

analogous

#389E80 #38899E #38569E

triadic

#38899E #9E3889 #899E38

tetradic

#38899E #80389E #9E4D38 #569E38

square

#38899E #80389E #9E4D38 #569E38

split-complementary

#38899E #9E3856 #9E8038

monochromatic

#183B44 #286271 #38899E #52ABC2 #7FC1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#38899E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#38899E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38899E

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38899E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38899E	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B859F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38899e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 137, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.084 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aabba',
    500: '#38899e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38899e;
$custom-light: #7aabba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38899e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.353,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58916,
    "c": 0.08377,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38899E

secondary

#BB8577

accent

#6C51D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38899E

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

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