#38909A#38909A

#38909A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.084 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38909A
RGB	rgb(56, 144, 154)
HSL	hsl(186, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 6.5%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, -22.78, -13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 26.27, 209.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% -0.0755 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.084 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4344, 23.1185, 34.1091)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38909A #9A4238

analogous

#389A73 #38909A #385F9A

triadic

#38909A #9A3890 #909A38

tetradic

#38909A #73389A #9A4238 #5F9A38

square

#38909A #73389A #9A4238 #5F9A38

split-complementary

#38909A #9A385F #9A7338

monochromatic

#173C40 #28666D #38909A #50B4BF #7DC7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#38909A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#38909A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38909A

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38909A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38909A	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858A9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38909a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 144, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.084 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab0b7',
    500: '#38909a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38909a;
$custom-light: #7ab0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38909a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.122,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60499,
    "c": 0.08379,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38909A

secondary

#B97C75

accent

#5F51D6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF5F6

border

#C9CFD0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38909A

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

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