#38848E#38848E

#38848E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.076 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38848E
RGB	rgb(56, 132, 142)
HSL	hsl(187, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, -20.16, -12.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 23.67, 211.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% -0.0673 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.076 207)
XYZ	xyz(14.7626, 19.2948, 28.5322)
Luminance	0.1930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38848E #8E4238

analogous

#388E6D #38848E #38598E

triadic

#38848E #8E3884 #848E38

tetradic

#38848E #6D388E #8E4238 #598E38

square

#38848E #6D388E #8E4238 #598E38

split-complementary

#38848E #8E3859 #8E6D38

monochromatic

#153236 #275B62 #38848E #4BABB8 #77C0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#38848E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#38848E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38848E

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38848E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38848E	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D758E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38848e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 132, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.076 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a8af',
    500: '#38848e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38848e;
$custom-light: #78a8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38848e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.977,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57008,
    "c": 0.0756,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.19296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38848E

secondary

#B2776F

accent

#6355D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38848E

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

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