#38848B#38848B

#38848B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.075 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38848B
RGB	rgb(56, 132, 139)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.93, -21.07, -10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.93, 23.68, 207.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% -0.0687 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.075 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.5404, 19.2059, 27.3619)
Luminance	0.1921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38848B #8B3F38

analogous

#388B68 #38848B #385A8B

triadic

#38848B #8B3884 #848B38

tetradic

#38848B #68388B #8B3F38 #5A8B38

square

#38848B #68388B #8B3F38 #5A8B38

split-complementary

#38848B #8B385A #8B6838

monochromatic

#153134 #265B5F #38848B #4AADB6 #76C1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#38848B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#38848B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38848B

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38848B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38848B	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D758B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38848b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 132, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.075 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a8ac',
    500: '#38848b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38848b;
$custom-light: #78a8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38848b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.06,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56891,
    "c": 0.0749,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38848B

secondary

#B1746E

accent

#6055D2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38848B

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

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