#38909C#38909C

#38909C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.084 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38909C
RGB	rgb(56, 144, 156)
HSL	hsl(187, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 7.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, -22.17, -14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 26.29, 212.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% -0.0747 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.084 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6024, 23.1857, 34.9937)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38909C #9C4438

analogous

#389C76 #38909C #385E9C

triadic

#38909C #9C3890 #909C38

tetradic

#38909C #76389C #9C4438 #5E9C38

square

#38909C #76389C #9C4438 #5E9C38

split-complementary

#38909C #9C385E #9C7638

monochromatic

#183D42 #28666F #38909C #51B3C0 #7EC7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#38909C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#38909C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38909C

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38909C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38909C	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75809C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38909c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 144, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.084 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb0b9',
    500: '#38909c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38909c;
$custom-light: #7bb0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38909c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60578,
    "c": 0.08433,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38909C

secondary

#BA7E76

accent

#6151D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF5F6

border

#C9CFD0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38909C

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

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