#38838D#38838D

#38838D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.075 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38838D
RGB	rgb(56, 131, 141)
HSL	hsl(187, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 7.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, -19.93, -12.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 23.45, 211.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% -0.0666 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.075 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.5529, 18.9950, 28.0936)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38838D #8D4238

analogous

#388D6C #38838D #38588D

triadic

#38838D #8D3883 #838D38

tetradic

#38838D #6C388D #8D4238 #588D38

square

#38838D #6C388D #8D4238 #588D38

split-complementary

#38838D #8D3858 #8D6C38

monochromatic

#153235 #275A61 #38838D #4BABB7 #77BFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#38838D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#38838D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38838D

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38838D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38838D	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C758D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38838d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 131, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.075 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a7ae',
    500: '#38838d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38838d;
$custom-light: #78a7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38838d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56716,
    "c": 0.07491,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38838D

secondary

#B2776F

accent

#6455D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38838D

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

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