#38858D#38858D

#38858D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.076 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38858D
RGB	rgb(56, 133, 141)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 5.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.31, -20.99, -11.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.31, 23.89, 208.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% -0.0689 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.076 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.8241, 19.5374, 28.1840)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38858D #8D4038

analogous

#388D6A #38858D #385A8D

triadic

#38858D #8D3885 #858D38

tetradic

#38858D #6A388D #8D4038 #5A8D38

square

#38858D #6A388D #8D4038 #5A8D38

split-complementary

#38858D #8D385A #8D6A38

monochromatic

#153235 #275C61 #38858D #4BADB7 #77C1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#38858D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#38858D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38858D

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38858D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38858D	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B808E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E768D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38858d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 133, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.076 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a8ae',
    500: '#38858d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38858d;
$custom-light: #78a8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38858d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.647,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57222,
    "c": 0.07581,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38858D

secondary

#B2756F

accent

#6155D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38858D

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

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