#38686D#38686D

#38686D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.053 H 204.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38686D
RGB	rgb(56, 104, 109)
HSL	hsl(186, 32%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(186, 49%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 4.6%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.97, -14.82, -7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.97, 16.79, 208.02°)
OKLab	oklab(48.55% -0.0481 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(48.55% 0.053 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3405, 11.8448, 16.2591)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38686D #6D3D38

analogous

#386D57 #38686D #384E6D

triadic

#38686D #6D3868 #686D38

tetradic

#38686D #57386D #6D3D38 #4E6D38

square

#38686D #57386D #6D3D38 #4E6D38

split-complementary

#38686D #6D384E #6D5738

monochromatic

#0E1B1C #234145 #38686D #4D8F95 #6CADB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#38686D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#38686D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38686D

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38686D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38686D	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61646D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595E6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C6B69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38686d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 104, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.053 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#739396',
    500: '#38686d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38686d;
$custom-light: #739396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38686d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.66,
    "s": 32.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48545,
    "c": 0.05279,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38686D

secondary

#9D6964

accent

#6960C8

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EDF1F2

border

#C8CBCC

text

#080D0D

muted

#7B7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38686D

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

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