#38656D#38656D

#38656D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.051 H 210.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38656D
RGB	rgb(56, 101, 109)
HSL	hsl(189, 32%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(189, 49%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 7.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.00, -13.12, -9.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.00, 16.10, 215.45°)
OKLab	oklab(47.77% -0.0442 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(47.77% 0.051 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0438, 11.2515, 16.1602)
Luminance	0.1125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38656D #6D4038

analogous

#386D5B #38656D #384A6D

triadic

#38656D #6D3865 #656D38

tetradic

#38656D #5B386D #6D4038 #4A6D38

square

#38656D #5B386D #6D4038 #4A6D38

split-complementary

#38656D #6D384A #6D5B38

monochromatic

#0E1A1C #234045 #38656D #4D8A95 #6CA9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#38656D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#38656D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38656D

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38656D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38656D	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E626E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555C6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D6967

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38656d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 101, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.051 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#729196',
    500: '#38656d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38656d;
$custom-light: #729196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38656d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.057,
    "s": 32.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4777,
    "c": 0.05115,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38656D

secondary

#9D6D64

accent

#6F60C8

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EDF0F2

border

#C8CBCC

text

#080C0D

muted

#7B7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38656D

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

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