#38837E#38837E

#38837E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.074 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38837E
RGB	rgb(56, 131, 126)
HSL	hsl(176, 40%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(176, 57%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 0%, 3.8%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, -24.35, -4.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 24.73, 190.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.16% -0.0734 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(56.16% 0.074 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.5115, 18.5784, 22.6086)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38837E #83383D

analogous

#388359 #38837E #386383

triadic

#38837E #7E3883 #837E38

tetradic

#38837E #593883 #83383D #638338

square

#38837E #593883 #83383D #638338

split-complementary

#38837E #833863 #835938

monochromatic

#132D2C #265855 #38837E #4AAEA7 #72C3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#38837E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#38837E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38837E

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38837E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38837E	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7D7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70747F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38837e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 131, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.074 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77a7a3',
    500: '#38837e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38837e;
$custom-light: #77a7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38837e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 40.107,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56157,
    "c": 0.07441,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38837E

secondary

#AC6B6F

accent

#5860D0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F3

border

#C9CECD

text

#090F0F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38837E

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

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