#38878D#38878D

#38878D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.077 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38878D
RGB	rgb(56, 135, 141)
HSL	hsl(184, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 4.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, -22.04, -10.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 24.39, 205.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% -0.0712 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.077 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1006, 20.0903, 28.2761)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38878D #8D3E38

analogous

#388D68 #38878D #385C8D

triadic

#38878D #8D3887 #878D38

tetradic

#38878D #68388D #8D3E38 #5C8D38

square

#38878D #68388D #8D3E38 #5C8D38

split-complementary

#38878D #8D385C #8D6838

monochromatic

#153335 #275D61 #38878D #4BB0B7 #77C3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#38878D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#38878D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38878D

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38878D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38878D	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D828D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70788D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38878d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 135, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.077 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aaae',
    500: '#38878d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38878d;
$custom-light: #78aaae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38878d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.235,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57729,
    "c": 0.07686,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38878D

secondary

#B2746F

accent

#5E55D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38878D

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

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