#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
RGB	rgb(56, 129, 139)
HSL	hsl(187, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 7.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, -19.47, -12.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 23.00, 212.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% -0.0652 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.073 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.1394, 18.4039, 27.2283)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38818B	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #38818B

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

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