#38857C#38857C

#38857C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.077 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38857C
RGB	rgb(56, 133, 124)
HSL	hsl(173, 41%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(173, 58%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 6.8%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.77, -25.93, -2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.77, 26.03, 185.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% -0.0767 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.077 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.6549, 19.0697, 22.0261)
Luminance	0.1907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38857C #853841

analogous

#388556 #38857C #386885

triadic

#38857C #7C3885 #857C38

tetradic

#38857C #563885 #853841 #688538

square

#38857C #563885 #853841 #688538

split-complementary

#38857C #853868 #855638

monochromatic

#142F2C #265A54 #38857C #4AB0A4 #73C4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#38857C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#38857C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38857C

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38857C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38857C	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7E7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73757D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38857c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 133, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.077 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77a9a1',
    500: '#38857c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38857c;
$custom-light: #77a9a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38857c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.987,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56605,
    "c": 0.077,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38857C

secondary

#AD6C73

accent

#5765D1

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38857C

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

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