#38554B#38554B

#38554B is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.039 H 170.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38554B
RGB	rgb(56, 85, 75)
HSL	hsl(159, 21%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(159, 34%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 0%, 11.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.66, -13.33, 2.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.66, 13.54, 169.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% -0.0381 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.039 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1490, 7.8454, 7.8456)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38554B #553842

analogous

#38553C #38554B #385055

triadic

#38554B #4B3855 #554B38

tetradic

#38554B #3C3855 #553842 #505538

square

#38554B #3C3855 #553842 #505538

split-complementary

#38554B #553850 #553C38

monochromatic

#0C1210 #20302A #38554B #507A6C #6A9D8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#38554B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#38554B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38554B

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38554B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38554B	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53514B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4E4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#305552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38554b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 85, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.039 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f857d',
    500: '#38554b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38554b;
$custom-light: #6f857d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38554b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.31,
    "s": 20.567,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42322,
    "c": 0.03858,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38554B

secondary

#85646F

accent

#6B87BD

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#ECEFEE

border

#C7CAC9

text

#070B09

muted

#7A7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38554B

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

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