#38696D#38696D

#38696D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.053 H 202.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38696D
RGB	rgb(56, 105, 109)
HSL	hsl(185, 32%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(185, 49%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 3.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.29, -15.38, -7.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.29, 17.07, 205.70°)
OKLab	oklab(48.8% -0.0494 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(48.8% 0.053 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.4417, 12.0473, 16.2928)
Luminance	0.1205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38696D #6D3C38

analogous

#386D56 #38696D #384F6D

triadic

#38696D #6D3869 #696D38

tetradic

#38696D #56386D #6D3C38 #4F6D38

square

#38696D #56386D #6D3C38 #4F6D38

split-complementary

#38696D #6D384F #6D5638

monochromatic

#0E1B1C #234245 #38696D #4D9095 #6CAEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#38696D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#38696D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38696D

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38696D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38696D	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62656D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5F6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C6C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38696d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 105, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.053 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#739496',
    500: '#38696d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38696d;
$custom-light: #739496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38696d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.528,
    "s": 32.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48804,
    "c": 0.05345,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38696D

secondary

#9D6864

accent

#6760C8

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EDF1F2

border

#C8CBCC

text

#080D0D

muted

#7B7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38696D

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

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