#38818E#38818E

#38818E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.075 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38818E
RGB	rgb(56, 129, 142)
HSL	hsl(189, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 9.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, -18.55, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 23.14, 216.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% -0.0639 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.075 211)
XYZ	xyz(14.3616, 18.4928, 28.3986)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38818E #8E4538

analogous

#388E70 #38818E #38568E

triadic

#38818E #8E3881 #818E38

tetradic

#38818E #70388E #8E4538 #568E38

square

#38818E #70388E #8E4538 #568E38

split-complementary

#38818E #8E3856 #8E7038

monochromatic

#153136 #275962 #38818E #4BA8B8 #77BDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#38818E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#38818E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38818E

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38818E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38818E	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69738E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38818e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 129, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.075 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a5af',
    500: '#38818e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38818e;
$custom-light: #78a5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38818e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.07,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56251,
    "c": 0.07453,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.18494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38818E

secondary

#B27A6F

accent

#6855D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38818E

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

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