#38848D#38848D

#38848D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.075 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38848D
RGB	rgb(56, 132, 141)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.00, -20.46, -11.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.00, 23.66, 210.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% -0.0678 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.075 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.6879, 19.2649, 28.1386)
Luminance	0.1927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38848D #8D4138

analogous

#388D6B #38848D #38598D

triadic

#38848D #8D3884 #848D38

tetradic

#38848D #6B388D #8D4138 #598D38

square

#38848D #6B388D #8D4138 #598D38

split-complementary

#38848D #8D3859 #8D6B38

monochromatic

#153235 #275B61 #38848D #4BACB7 #77C0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#38848D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#38848D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38848D

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38848D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38848D	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)

#7A7F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D758D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38848d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 132, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.075 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a8ae',
    500: '#38848d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38848d;
$custom-light: #78a8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38848d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.353,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56969,
    "c": 0.07534,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38848D

secondary

#B2766F

accent

#6255D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38848D

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

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