#38524A#38524A

#38524A is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.034 H 173.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38524A
RGB	rgb(56, 82, 74)
HSL	hsl(162, 19%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(162, 32%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 0%, 9.8%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.63, -11.84, 1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.63, 11.94, 172.58°)
OKLab	oklab(41.49% -0.0341 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(41.49% 0.034 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8838, 7.3695, 7.5897)
Luminance	0.0737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38524A #523840

analogous

#38523D #38524A #384D52

triadic

#38524A #4A3852 #524A38

tetradic

#38524A #3D3852 #523840 #4D5238

square

#38524A #3D3852 #523840 #4D5238

split-complementary

#38524A #52384D #523D38

monochromatic

#0C1210 #1F2E29 #38524A #51766B #6B9A8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#38524A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#38524A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38524A

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38524A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38524A	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504F4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4B4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#315350

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38524a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 82, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.034 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f827c',
    500: '#38524a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38524a;
$custom-light: #6f827c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38524a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.538,
    "s": 18.841,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41491,
    "c": 0.03432,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38524A

secondary

#82646D

accent

#6C85BB

background

#F6F7F7

surface

#ECEEEE

border

#C7C9C9

text

#070A09

muted

#7A7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38524A

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

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