#38868B#38868B

#38868B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.076 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38868B
RGBrgb(56, 134, 139)
HSLhsl(184, 43%, 38%)
HSVhsv(184, 60%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(59.7%, 3.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(51.56, -22.11, -9.87)
CIE-LCHlch(51.56, 24.22, 204.06°)
OKLaboklab(57.4% -0.0709 -0.0273)
OKLCHoklch(57.4% 0.076 201.1)
XYZxyz(14.8142, 19.7535, 27.4532)
Luminance0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38868B #8B3D38
analogous
#388B66 #38868B #385C8B
triadic
#38868B #8B3886 #868B38
tetradic
#38868B #66388B #8B3D38 #5C8B38
square
#38868B #66388B #8B3D38 #5C8B38
split-complementary
#38868B #8B385C #8B6638
monochromatic
#153234 #265C5F #38868B #4AB0B6 #76C3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24
#38868B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95
#38868B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38868B
4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38868B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38868B1.004.244.954.95
#FFFFFF4.241.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9521.001.001.00
##0000004.9521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7D808B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#70778B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008B87
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38868b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 134, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.076 201.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a9ac',
    500: '#38868b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38868b;
$custom-light: #78a9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38868b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.614,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57399,
    "c": 0.07602,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38868B
secondary
#B1726E
accent
#5D55D2
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EEF4F4
border
#C9CECE
text
#0A1010
muted
#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

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#38868B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva