#38899F#38899F

#38899F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.084 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38899F
RGB	rgb(56, 137, 159)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, -17.51, -18.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 25.83, 227.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% -0.0658 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.084 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8320, 21.2335, 36.0056)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38899F #9F4E38

analogous

#389F82 #38899F #38559F

triadic

#38899F #9F3889 #899F38

tetradic

#38899F #82389F #9F4E38 #559F38

square

#38899F #82389F #9F4E38 #559F38

split-complementary

#38899F #9F3855 #9F8238

monochromatic

#183B44 #286272 #38899F #52AAC2 #7FC0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#38899F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#38899F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38899F

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38899F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38899F	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B85A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38899f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 137, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.084 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aabbb',
    500: '#38899f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38899f;
$custom-light: #7aabbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38899f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.816,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58959,
    "c": 0.08437,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38899F

secondary

#BB8677

accent

#6D50D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38899F

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

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