#38838F#38838F

#38838F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.076 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38838F
RGB	rgb(56, 131, 143)
HSL	hsl(188, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 8.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, -19.32, -13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 23.52, 214.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% -0.0658 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.076 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7031, 19.0550, 28.8844)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38838F #8F4438

analogous

#388F70 #38838F #38588F

triadic

#38838F #8F3883 #838F38

tetradic

#38838F #70388F #8F4438 #588F38

square

#38838F #70388F #8F4438 #588F38

split-complementary

#38838F #8F3858 #8F7038

monochromatic

#163237 #275B63 #38838F #4BAAB9 #77BFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#38838F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#38838F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38838F

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38838F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38838F	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	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)

#787E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B758F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38838f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 131, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.076 209.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38838f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.276,
    "s": 43.719,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56796,
    "c": 0.07555,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38838F

secondary

#B37970

accent

#6654D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38838F

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

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