#38858E#38858E

#38858E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.076 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38858E
RGB	rgb(56, 133, 142)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, -20.68, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 23.88, 210.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% -0.0685 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.076 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.8989, 19.5673, 28.5776)
Luminance	0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38858E #8E4138

analogous

#388E6C #38858E #385A8E

triadic

#38858E #8E3885 #858E38

tetradic

#38858E #6C388E #8E4138 #5A8E38

square

#38858E #6C388E #8E4138 #5A8E38

split-complementary

#38858E #8E385A #8E6C38

monochromatic

#153336 #275C62 #38858E #4BADB8 #77C1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#38858E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#38858E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38858E

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38858E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38858E	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	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)

#7B808F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E768E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38858e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 133, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.076 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a8af',
    500: '#38858e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38858e;
$custom-light: #78a8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38858e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.279,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57261,
    "c": 0.07604,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38858E

secondary

#B2766F

accent

#6255D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38858E

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

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