#38544D#38544D

#38544D is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.036 H 177.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38544D
RGB	rgb(56, 84, 77)
HSL	hsl(165, 20%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(165, 33%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 8.3%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.39, -12.25, 0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.39, 12.27, 176.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% -0.0356 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.036 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.1403, 7.7169, 8.1857)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38544D #54383F

analogous

#38543F #38544D #384D54

triadic

#38544D #4D3854 #544D38

tetradic

#38544D #3F3854 #54383F #4D5438

square

#38544D #3F3854 #54383F #4D5438

split-complementary

#38544D #54384D #543F38

monochromatic

#0C1211 #202F2B #38544D #50796F #6A9C90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#38544D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#38544D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38544D

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38544D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38544D	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52514D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4D4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#305552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38544d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 84, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.036 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f847e',
    500: '#38544d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38544d;
$custom-light: #6f847e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38544d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42123,
    "c": 0.03564,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38544D

secondary

#84646C

accent

#6B80BD

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#ECEFEE

border

#C7CAC9

text

#070A0A

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38544D

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

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