#38554F#38554F

#38554F is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.036 H 180.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38554F
RGB	rgb(56, 85, 79)
HSL	hsl(168, 21%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(168, 34%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 0%, 7.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.78, -12.31, 0.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.78, 12.31, 179.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% -0.0361 -0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.036 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2902, 7.9019, 8.5894)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38554F #55383E

analogous

#385540 #38554F #384C55

triadic

#38554F #4F3855 #554F38

tetradic

#38554F #403855 #55383E #4C5538

square

#38554F #403855 #55383E #4C5538

split-complementary

#38554F #55384C #554038

monochromatic

#0C1211 #20302D #38554F #507A71 #6A9D93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#38554F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#38554F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38554F

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38554F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38554F	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53524F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4E4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F5653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38554f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 85, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.036 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#708580',
    500: '#38554f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38554f;
$custom-light: #708580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38554f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.586,
    "s": 20.567,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42457,
    "c": 0.0361,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38554F

secondary

#85646B

accent

#6B7CBD

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#ECEFEE

border

#C7CAC9

text

#070B0A

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38554F

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

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