#38878F#38878F

#38878F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.077 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38878F
RGB	rgb(56, 135, 143)
HSL	hsl(186, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 5.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, -21.43, -11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 24.34, 208.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% -0.0703 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.077 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.2507, 20.1503, 29.0670)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38878F #8F4038

analogous

#388F6C #38878F #385C8F

triadic

#38878F #8F3887 #878F38

tetradic

#38878F #6C388F #8F4038 #5C8F38

square

#38878F #6C388F #8F4038 #5C8F38

split-complementary

#38878F #8F385C #8F6C38

monochromatic

#163437 #275D63 #38878F #4BAFB9 #77C2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#38878F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#38878F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38878F

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38878F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38878F	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F788F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38878f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 135, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.077 204.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38878f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.517,
    "s": 43.719,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57806,
    "c": 0.07721,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38878F

secondary

#B37670

accent

#6054D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38878F

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

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