Steel#738595

#738595 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.032 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

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Color values

HEX	#738595
RGB	rgb(115, 133, 149)
HSL	hsl(208, 14%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(208, 23%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 10.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, -2.81, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 11.10, 255.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% -0.0135 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.032 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8811, 22.5892, 31.6879)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#738595 #958373

analogous

#739594 #738595 #737495

triadic

#738595 #957385 #859573

tetradic

#738595 #947395 #958373 #749573

square

#738595 #947395 #958373 #749573

split-complementary

#738595 #957374 #959473

monochromatic

#3D4751 #576673 #738595 #96A3AF #B9C2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#738595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#738595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #738595

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##738595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##738595	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #738595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 133, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.032 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ba8b4',
    500: '#738595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #738595;
$custom-light: #9ba8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#738595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.235,
    "s": 13.821,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60786,
    "c": 0.03216,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#738595

secondary

#B9B1AA

accent

#9271B7

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #738595

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

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