#38848C#38848C

#38848C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.075 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38848C
RGB	rgb(56, 132, 140)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 5.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, -20.76, -11.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 23.66, 208.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% -0.0682 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.075 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.6138, 19.2353, 27.7485)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38848C #8C4038

analogous

#388C6A #38848C #385A8C

triadic

#38848C #8C3884 #848C38

tetradic

#38848C #6A388C #8C4038 #5A8C38

square

#38848C #6A388C #8C4038 #5A8C38

split-complementary

#38848C #8C385A #8C6A38

monochromatic

#153235 #275B60 #38848C #4AACB7 #76C0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#38848C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#38848C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38848C

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38848C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38848C	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D758C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38848c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 132, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.075 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a8ad',
    500: '#38848c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38848c;
$custom-light: #78a8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38848c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5693,
    "c": 0.0751,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38848C

secondary

#B1756F

accent

#6155D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38848C

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

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