#38696F#38696F

#38696F is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.054 H 205.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38696F
RGB	rgb(56, 105, 111)
HSL	hsl(187, 33%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(187, 50%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 5.4%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.36, -14.79, -8.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.36, 17.07, 209.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.88% -0.0485 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(48.88% 0.054 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.5506, 12.0908, 16.8663)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38696F #6F3E38

analogous

#386F59 #38696F #384E6F

triadic

#38696F #6F3869 #696F38

tetradic

#38696F #59386F #6F3E38 #4E6F38

square

#38696F #59386F #6F3E38 #4E6F38

split-complementary

#38696F #6F384E #6F5938

monochromatic

#0F1C1E #234346 #38696F #4D8F98 #6CADB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#38696F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#38696F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38696F

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38696F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38696F	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62656F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595F6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A6D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38696f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 105, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.054 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#739498',
    500: '#38696f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38696f;
$custom-light: #739498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38696f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.545,
    "s": 32.934,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48882,
    "c": 0.05388,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38696F

secondary

#9E6B64

accent

#6A5FC9

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EDF1F2

border

#C8CBCC

text

#080D0D

muted

#7B7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38696F

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

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