#38838E#38838E

#38838E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.075 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38838E
RGB	rgb(56, 131, 142)
HSL	hsl(188, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 7.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.72, -19.62, -12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.72, 23.48, 213.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% -0.0662 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.075 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.6277, 19.0249, 28.4872)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38838E #8E4338

analogous

#388E6E #38838E #38588E

triadic

#38838E #8E3883 #838E38

tetradic

#38838E #6E388E #8E4338 #588E38

square

#38838E #6E388E #8E4338 #588E38

split-complementary

#38838E #8E3858 #8E6E38

monochromatic

#153236 #275B62 #38838E #4BAAB8 #77BFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#38838E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#38838E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38838E

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38838E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38838E	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B758E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38838e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 131, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.075 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a7af',
    500: '#38838e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38838e;
$custom-light: #78a7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38838e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.674,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56756,
    "c": 0.07521,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38838E

secondary

#B2786F

accent

#6555D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38838E

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

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