#38847B#38847B

#38847B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.076 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38847B
RGB	rgb(56, 132, 123)
HSL	hsl(173, 40%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(173, 58%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 6.8%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, -25.70, -2.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 25.79, 184.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% -0.076 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.076 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.4557, 18.7720, 21.6493)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38847B #843841

analogous

#388455 #38847B #386784

triadic

#38847B #7B3884 #847B38

tetradic

#38847B #553884 #843841 #678438

square

#38847B #553884 #843841 #678438

split-complementary

#38847B #843867 #845538

monochromatic

#142E2B #265953 #38847B #4AAFA3 #73C4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#38847B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#38847B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38847B

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38847B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38847B	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7D7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72747C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38847b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 132, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.076 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77a8a1',
    500: '#38847b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38847b;
$custom-light: #77a8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38847b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.895,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56313,
    "c": 0.07629,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38847B

secondary

#AC6B73

accent

#5866D0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#090F0E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38847B

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

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