#38554D#38554D

#38554D is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.037 H 175.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38554D
RGB	rgb(56, 85, 77)
HSL	hsl(163, 21%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(163, 34%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 0%, 9.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.72, -12.83, 1.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.72, 12.88, 174.57°)
OKLab	oklab(42.39% -0.0371 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(42.39% 0.037 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.2185, 7.8732, 8.2118)
Luminance	0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38554D #553840

analogous

#38553E #38554D #384E55

triadic

#38554D #4D3855 #554D38

tetradic

#38554D #3E3855 #553840 #4E5538

square

#38554D #3E3855 #553840 #4E5538

split-complementary

#38554D #55384E #553E38

monochromatic

#0C1211 #20302C #38554D #507A6E #6A9D8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#38554D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#38554D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38554D

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38554D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38554D	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53514D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#305653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38554d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 85, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.037 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70857e',
    500: '#38554d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38554d;
$custom-light: #70857e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38554d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.448,
    "s": 20.567,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42388,
    "c": 0.03721,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38554D

secondary

#85646D

accent

#6B81BD

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#ECEFEE

border

#C7CAC9

text

#070B0A

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38554D

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

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