#38909F#38909F

#38909F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.085 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38909F
RGB	rgb(56, 144, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 9.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, -21.24, -15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 26.41, 216.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% -0.0734 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.085 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8595, 23.2886, 36.3481)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38909F #9F4738

analogous

#389F7B #38909F #385D9F

triadic

#38909F #9F3890 #909F38

tetradic

#38909F #7B389F #9F4738 #5D9F38

square

#38909F #7B389F #9F4738 #5D9F38

split-complementary

#38909F #9F385D #9F7B38

monochromatic

#183E44 #286772 #38909F #52B2C2 #7FC6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#38909F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#38909F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38909F

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38909F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38909F	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74809F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38909f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 144, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.085 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb0bb',
    500: '#38909f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38909f;
$custom-light: #7bb0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38909f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.738,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60697,
    "c": 0.08535,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38909F

secondary

#BB8177

accent

#6450D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF5F6

border

#C9CFD0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38909F

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

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