#38858F#38858F

#38858F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.076 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38858F
RGB	rgb(56, 133, 143)
HSL	hsl(187, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, -20.38, -12.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 23.89, 211.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% -0.068 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.076 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9743, 19.5975, 28.9748)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38858F #8F4238

analogous

#388F6E #38858F #385A8F

triadic

#38858F #8F3885 #858F38

tetradic

#38858F #6E388F #8F4238 #5A8F38

square

#38858F #6E388F #8F4238 #5A8F38

split-complementary

#38858F #8F385A #8F6E38

monochromatic

#163337 #275C63 #38858F #4BACB9 #77C0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#38858F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#38858F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38858F

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38858F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38858F	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D768F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38858f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 133, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.076 206.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38858f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.897,
    "s": 43.719,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57301,
    "c": 0.0763,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38858F

secondary

#B37870

accent

#6354D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38858F

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

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