#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
RGB	rgb(56, 134, 139)
HSL	hsl(184, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 3.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.56, -22.11, -9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.56, 24.22, 204.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% -0.0709 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.076 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.8142, 19.7535, 27.4532)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38868B	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38868B

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

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