#38544E#38544E

#38544E is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.035 H 179.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38544E
RGB	rgb(56, 84, 78)
HSL	hsl(167, 20%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(167, 33%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 7.1%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.42, -11.99, 0.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.42, 11.99, 179.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.16% -0.0351 0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(42.16% 0.035 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.1759, 7.7311, 8.3731)
Luminance	0.0773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38544E #54383E

analogous

#385440 #38544E #384C54

triadic

#38544E #4E3854 #544E38

tetradic

#38544E #403854 #54383E #4C5438

square

#38544E #403854 #54383E #4C5438

split-complementary

#38544E #54384C #544038

monochromatic

#0C1211 #202F2C #38544E #507970 #6A9C91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#38544E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#38544E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38544E

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38544E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38544E	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52514E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4D4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#305552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38544e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 84, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.035 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f847f',
    500: '#38544e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38544e;
$custom-light: #6f847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38544e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.143,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42157,
    "c": 0.03511,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38544E

secondary

#84646B

accent

#6B7DBD

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#ECEFEE

border

#C7CAC9

text

#070A0A

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38544E

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

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