#38858C#38858C

#38858C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.076 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38858C
RGB	rgb(56, 133, 140)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 5%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.28, -21.29, -10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.28, 23.91, 207.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% -0.0694 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.076 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7501, 19.5078, 27.7939)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38858C #8C3F38

analogous

#388C69 #38858C #385B8C

triadic

#38858C #8C3885 #858C38

tetradic

#38858C #69388C #8C3F38 #5B8C38

square

#38858C #69388C #8C3F38 #5B8C38

split-complementary

#38858C #8C385B #8C6938

monochromatic

#153235 #275B60 #38858C #4AAEB7 #76C1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#38858C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#38858C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38858C

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38858C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38858C	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B808D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E768C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38858c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 133, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.076 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a8ad',
    500: '#38858c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38858c;
$custom-light: #78a8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38858c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57184,
    "c": 0.07561,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38858C

secondary

#B1746F

accent

#6055D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38858C

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

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