#38504E#38504E

#38504E is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.030 H 189.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38504E
RGB	rgb(56, 80, 78)
HSL	hsl(175, 18%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(175, 30%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 0%, 2.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.10, -9.63, -1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.10, 9.79, 190.50°)
OKLab	oklab(41.1% -0.0291 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(41.1% 0.03 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.8742, 7.1278, 8.2725)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38504E #50383A

analogous

#385042 #38504E #384650

triadic

#38504E #4E3850 #504E38

tetradic

#38504E #423850 #50383A #465038

square

#38504E #423850 #50383A #465038

split-complementary

#38504E #503846 #504238

monochromatic

#0D1212 #1F2C2B #38504E #517471 #6B9794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#38504E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#38504E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38504E

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38504E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38504E	1.00	8.66	2.43	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494A4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30514F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38504e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 80, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.030 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f817f',
    500: '#38504e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38504e;
$custom-light: #6f817f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38504e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41102,
    "c": 0.02951,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38504E

secondary

#806466

accent

#6D74BA

background

#F6F7F7

surface

#ECEEEE

border

#C7C9C9

text

#070A0A

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38504E

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

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