#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
RGBrgb(56, 131, 140)
HSLhsl(186, 43%, 38%)
HSVhsv(186, 60%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(60%, 6.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(50.65, -20.23, -11.82)
CIE-LCHlch(50.65, 23.44, 210.30°)
OKLaboklab(56.68% -0.0671 -0.0327)
OKLCHoklch(56.68% 0.075 206)
XYZxyz(14.4789, 18.9653, 27.7035)
Luminance0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38838C1.004.384.794.79
#FFFFFF4.381.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7921.001.001.00
##0000004.7921.001.001.00

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

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#38838C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva