#38877B#38877B

#38877B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.080 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38877B
RGB	rgb(56, 135, 123)
HSL	hsl(171, 41%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(171, 59%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 8.9%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, -27.20, -0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 27.21, 181.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.09% -0.0795 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(57.09% 0.08 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.8684, 19.5974, 21.7869)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38877B #873844

analogous

#388754 #38877B #386C87

triadic

#38877B #7B3887 #877B38

tetradic

#38877B #543887 #873844 #6C8738

square

#38877B #543887 #873844 #6C8738

split-complementary

#38877B #87386C #875438

monochromatic

#14302C #265C54 #38877B #4AB2A2 #74C5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#38877B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#38877B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38877B

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38877B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38877B	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)

#81807B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75777C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38877b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 135, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.080 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aaa1',
    500: '#38877b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38877b;
$custom-light: #77aaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38877b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.886,
    "s": 41.361,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5709,
    "c": 0.07956,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38877B

secondary

#AE6D77

accent

#5769D1

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38877B

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

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