#38696B#38696B

#38696B is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.053 H 199.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38696B
RGB	rgb(56, 105, 107)
HSL	hsl(182, 31%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(182, 48%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 1.9%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.22, -15.96, -6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.22, 17.15, 201.50°)
OKLab	oklab(48.73% -0.0503 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(48.73% 0.053 199)
XYZ	xyz(9.3353, 12.0047, 15.7323)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38696B #6B3A38

analogous

#386B54 #38696B #38506B

triadic

#38696B #6B3869 #696B38

tetradic

#38696B #54386B #6B3A38 #506B38

square

#38696B #54386B #6B3A38 #506B38

split-complementary

#38696B #6B3850 #6B5438

monochromatic

#0E1A1B #234243 #38696B #4D9093 #6CAFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#38696B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#38696B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38696B

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38696B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38696B	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63656B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5E6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D6C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38696b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 105, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.053 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#739495',
    500: '#38696b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38696b;
$custom-light: #739495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38696b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.353,
    "s": 31.288,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48727,
    "c": 0.05323,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.12005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38696B

secondary

#9B6663

accent

#6460C7

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EDF1F1

border

#C8CBCB

text

#080D0D

muted

#7B7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38696B

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

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