#38696E#38696E

#38696E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.054 H 204.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38696E
RGB	rgb(56, 105, 110)
HSL	hsl(186, 33%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(186, 49%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 4.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.33, -15.09, -7.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.33, 17.06, 207.82°)
OKLab	oklab(48.84% -0.0489 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(48.84% 0.054 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4958, 12.0689, 16.5780)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38696E #6E3D38

analogous

#386E58 #38696E #384E6E

triadic

#38696E #6E3869 #696E38

tetradic

#38696E #58386E #6E3D38 #4E6E38

square

#38696E #58386E #6E3D38 #4E6E38

split-complementary

#38696E #6E384E #6E5838

monochromatic

#0F1C1D #234245 #38696E #4D9097 #6CAEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#38696E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#38696E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38696E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38696E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38696E	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62656E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595F6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B6C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38696e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 105, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.054 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#739497',
    500: '#38696e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38696e;
$custom-light: #739497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38696e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.556,
    "s": 32.53,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48843,
    "c": 0.05363,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38696E

secondary

#9E6A64

accent

#695FC9

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EDF1F2

border

#C8CBCC

text

#080D0D

muted

#7B7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38696E

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

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