#38808E#38808E

#38808E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.074 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38808E
RGB	rgb(56, 128, 142)
HSL	hsl(190, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 9.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.77, -18.01, -14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.77, 23.01, 218.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56% -0.0628 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(56% 0.074 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.2306, 18.2307, 28.3549)
Luminance	0.1823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38808E #8E4638

analogous

#388E71 #38808E #38558E

triadic

#38808E #8E3880 #808E38

tetradic

#38808E #71388E #8E4638 #558E38

square

#38808E #71388E #8E4638 #558E38

split-complementary

#38808E #8E3855 #8E7138

monochromatic

#153136 #275862 #38808E #4BA6B8 #77BCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#38808E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#38808E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38808E

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38808E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38808E	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68728E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38808e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 128, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.074 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a5af',
    500: '#38808e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38808e;
$custom-light: #78a5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38808e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.767,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55999,
    "c": 0.07426,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38808E

secondary

#B27A6F

accent

#6955D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38808E

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

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