#38888F#38888F

#38888F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.078 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38888F
RGB	rgb(56, 136, 143)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 4.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, -21.96, -11.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 24.58, 206.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% -0.0714 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.078 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.3909, 20.4307, 29.1137)
Luminance	0.2043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38888F #8F3F38

analogous

#388F6B #38888F #385D8F

triadic

#38888F #8F3888 #888F38

tetradic

#38888F #6B388F #8F3F38 #5D8F38

square

#38888F #6B388F #8F3F38 #5D8F38

split-complementary

#38888F #8F385D #8F6B38

monochromatic

#163437 #275E63 #38888F #4BB0B9 #77C3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#38888F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#38888F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38888F

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38888F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38888F	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71798F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38888f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 136, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.078 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79abaf',
    500: '#38888f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38888f;
$custom-light: #79abaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38888f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.828,
    "s": 43.719,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58059,
    "c": 0.07772,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38888F

secondary

#B37570

accent

#5F54D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38888F

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

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