#38909D#38909D

#38909D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.085 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38909D
RGB	rgb(56, 144, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 8.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, -21.86, -14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 26.31, 213.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% -0.0742 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.085 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6874, 23.2197, 35.4415)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38909D #9D4538

analogous

#389D78 #38909D #385E9D

triadic

#38909D #9D3890 #909D38

tetradic

#38909D #78389D #9D4538 #5E9D38

square

#38909D #78389D #9D4538 #5E9D38

split-complementary

#38909D #9D385E #9D7838

monochromatic

#183D43 #286770 #38909D #51B3C1 #7EC6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#38909D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#38909D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38909D

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38909D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38909D	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)

#848B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75809D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38909d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 144, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.085 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb0ba',
    500: '#38909d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38909d;
$custom-light: #7bb0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38909d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.723,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60617,
    "c": 0.08464,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38909D

secondary

#BA7F76

accent

#6251D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF5F6

border

#C9CFD0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38909D

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

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