#38818B#38818B

#38818B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.073 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38818B
RGBrgb(56, 129, 139)
HSLhsl(187, 43%, 38%)
HSVhsv(187, 60%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(59.7%, 7.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(49.98, -19.47, -12.24)
CIE-LCHlch(49.98, 23.00, 212.15°)
OKLaboklab(56.13% -0.0652 -0.0339)
OKLCHoklch(56.13% 0.073 207.5)
XYZxyz(14.1394, 18.4039, 27.2283)
Luminance0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38818B #8B4238
analogous
#388B6B #38818B #38578B
triadic
#38818B #8B3881 #818B38
tetradic
#38818B #6B388B #8B4238 #578B38
square
#38818B #6B388B #8B4238 #578B38
split-complementary
#38818B #8B3857 #8B6B38
monochromatic
#153034 #26595F #38818B #4AA9B6 #76BEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49
#38818B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68
#38818B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38818B
4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38818B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38818B1.004.494.684.68
#FFFFFF4.491.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6821.001.001.00
##0000004.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#777C8C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6A738B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008684
Achromatopsia (no color)
#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38818b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 129, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.073 207.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77a5ac',
    500: '#38818b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38818b;
$custom-light: #77a5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38818b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.229,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56131,
    "c": 0.07349,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38818B
secondary
#B1766E
accent
#6555D2
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EEF4F4
border
#C9CECE
text
#090F10
muted
#7B7F7F

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#38818B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva