#38887D#38887D

#38887D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.080 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38887D
RGB	rgb(56, 136, 125)
HSL	hsl(172, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 59%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 8.1%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.76, -27.15, -1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.76, 27.18, 183.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% -0.0797 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.08 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.1351, 19.9283, 22.4997)
Luminance	0.1993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38887D #883843

analogous

#388855 #38887D #386B88

triadic

#38887D #7D3888 #887D38

tetradic

#38887D #553888 #883843 #6B8838

square

#38887D #553888 #883843 #6B8838

split-complementary

#38887D #88386B #885538

monochromatic

#14312D #265D55 #38887D #4AB3A5 #74C6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#38887D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#38887D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38887D

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38887D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38887D	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82817D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76787E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38887d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 136, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.080 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aba2',
    500: '#38887d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38887d;
$custom-light: #77aba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38887d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.75,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57415,
    "c": 0.07984,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38887D

secondary

#AF6D76

accent

#5667D1

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38887D

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

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