#38837B#38837B

#38837B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.075 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38837B
RGB	rgb(56, 131, 123)
HSL	hsl(174, 40%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(174, 57%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 0%, 6.1%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, -25.19, -2.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 25.34, 186.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% -0.0748 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.075 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.3208, 18.5021, 21.6043)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38837B #833840

analogous

#388356 #38837B #386683

triadic

#38837B #7B3883 #837B38

tetradic

#38837B #563883 #833840 #668338

square

#38837B #563883 #833840 #668338

split-complementary

#38837B #833866 #835638

monochromatic

#132D2A #265853 #38837B #4AAEA3 #72C3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#38837B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#38837B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38837B

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38837B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38837B	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)

#7D7C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71747C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38837b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 131, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.075 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76a7a1',
    500: '#38837b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38837b;
$custom-light: #76a7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38837b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.6,
    "s": 40.107,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56054,
    "c": 0.07524,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38837B

secondary

#AC6B72

accent

#5865D0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#090F0E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38837B

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

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