#38878E#38878E

#38878E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.077 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38878E
RGB	rgb(56, 135, 142)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 4.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, -21.74, -10.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 24.36, 206.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% -0.0707 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.077 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.1753, 20.1201, 28.6698)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38878E #8E3F38

analogous

#388E6A #38878E #385C8E

triadic

#38878E #8E3887 #878E38

tetradic

#38878E #6A388E #8E3F38 #5C8E38

square

#38878E #6A388E #8E3F38 #5C8E38

split-complementary

#38878E #8E385C #8E6A38

monochromatic

#153436 #275D62 #38878E #4BAFB8 #77C3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#38878E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#38878E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38878E

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38878E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38878E	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)

#7D828F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70788E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38878e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 135, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.077 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aaaf',
    500: '#38878e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38878e;
$custom-light: #78aaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38878e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.884,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57767,
    "c": 0.07702,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38878E

secondary

#B2756F

accent

#5F55D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38878E

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

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