#38887C#38887C

#38887C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.080 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38887C
RGB	rgb(56, 136, 124)
HSL	hsl(171, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 59%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 8.8%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, -27.42, -0.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 27.43, 181.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.38% -0.0802 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(57.38% 0.08 182)
XYZ	xyz(14.0715, 19.9029, 22.1650)
Luminance	0.1990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38887C #883844

analogous

#388854 #38887C #386C88

triadic

#38887C #7C3888 #887C38

tetradic

#38887C #543888 #883844 #6C8838

square

#38887C #543888 #883844 #6C8838

split-complementary

#38887C #88386C #885438

monochromatic

#14312D #265D54 #38887C #4AB3A4 #74C6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#38887C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#38887C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38887C

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38887C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38887C	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82817C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76787D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38887c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 136, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.080 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aba1',
    500: '#38887c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38887c;
$custom-light: #77aba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38887c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57382,
    "c": 0.08026,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.19904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38887C

secondary

#AF6D77

accent

#5669D1

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38887C

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

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