#38917C#38917C

#38917C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.091 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38917C
RGB	rgb(56, 145, 124)
HSL	hsl(166, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(166, 61%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 14.5%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, -31.77, 3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 31.95, 174.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% -0.0905 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.091 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.3927, 22.5452, 22.6053)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38917C #91384D

analogous

#389150 #38917C #387A91

triadic

#38917C #7C3891 #917C38

tetradic

#38917C #503891 #91384D #7A9138

square

#38917C #503891 #91384D #7A9138

split-complementary

#38917C #91387A #915038

monochromatic

#163930 #276556 #38917C #4CBAA0 #78CBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#38917C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#38917C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38917C

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38917C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38917C	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C887B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7F7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38917c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 145, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.091 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b2a1',
    500: '#38917c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38917c;
$custom-light: #78b2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38917c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.843,
    "s": 44.279,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59717,
    "c": 0.09089,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38917C

secondary

#B47181

accent

#5472D4

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38917C

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

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