#38828E#38828E

#38828E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.075 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38828E
RGB	rgb(56, 130, 142)
HSL	hsl(188, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 8.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.40, -19.09, -13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.40, 23.30, 214.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% -0.0651 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.075 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.4940, 18.7576, 28.4427)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38828E #8E4438

analogous

#388E6F #38828E #38578E

triadic

#38828E #8E3882 #828E38

tetradic

#38828E #6F388E #8E4438 #578E38

square

#38828E #6F388E #8E4438 #578E38

split-complementary

#38828E #8E3857 #8E6F38

monochromatic

#153236 #275A62 #38828E #4BA9B8 #77BEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#38828E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#38828E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38828E

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38828E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38828E	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A748E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38828e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 130, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.075 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a6af',
    500: '#38828e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38828e;
$custom-light: #78a6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38828e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.372,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56503,
    "c": 0.07486,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38828E

secondary

#B2796F

accent

#6655D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38828E

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

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