#38838C#38838C

#38838C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.075 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38838C
RGB	rgb(56, 131, 140)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 6.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, -20.23, -11.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 23.44, 210.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% -0.0671 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.075 206)
XYZ	xyz(14.4789, 18.9653, 27.7035)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38838C #8C4138

analogous

#388C6B #38838C #38598C

triadic

#38838C #8C3883 #838C38

tetradic

#38838C #6B388C #8C4138 #598C38

square

#38838C #6B388C #8C4138 #598C38

split-complementary

#38838C #8C3859 #8C6B38

monochromatic

#153135 #275A60 #38838C #4AABB7 #76BFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#38838C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#38838C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38838C

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38838C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38838C	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C748C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38838c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 131, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.075 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a7ad',
    500: '#38838c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38838c;
$custom-light: #78a7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38838c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.429,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56677,
    "c": 0.07463,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.18967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38838C

secondary

#B1766F

accent

#6355D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38838C

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

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