#38919C#38919C

#38919C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.085 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38919C
RGB	rgb(56, 145, 156)
HSL	hsl(187, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 7.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, -22.69, -13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 26.48, 211.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% -0.0758 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.085 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7545, 23.4900, 35.0444)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38919C #9C4338

analogous

#389C75 #38919C #385F9C

triadic

#38919C #9C3891 #919C38

tetradic

#38919C #75389C #9C4338 #5F9C38

square

#38919C #75389C #9C4338 #5F9C38

split-complementary

#38919C #9C385F #9C7538

monochromatic

#183D42 #28676F #38919C #51B4C0 #7EC8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#38919C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#38919C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38919C

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38919C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38919C	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76809C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38919c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 145, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.085 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb1b9',
    500: '#38919c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38919c;
$custom-light: #7bb1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38919c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.6,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60828,
    "c": 0.0847,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38919C

secondary

#BA7D76

accent

#6051D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF5F6

border

#C9CFD0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38919C

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

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