#38939B#38939B

#38939B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.085 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38939B
RGB	rgb(56, 147, 155)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 5.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, -24.02, -12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 26.94, 206.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% -0.0784 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.085 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9785, 24.0728, 34.7030)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38939B #9B4038

analogous

#389B72 #38939B #38629B

triadic

#38939B #9B3893 #939B38

tetradic

#38939B #72389B #9B4038 #629B38

square

#38939B #72389B #9B4038 #629B38

split-complementary

#38939B #9B3862 #9B7238

monochromatic

#183E41 #28686E #38939B #50B7C0 #7DC9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#38939B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#38939B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38939B

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38939B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38939B	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79829B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38939b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 147, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.085 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb3b8',
    500: '#38939b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38939b;
$custom-light: #7bb3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38939b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.848,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6129,
    "c": 0.08536,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38939B

secondary

#B97B75

accent

#5C51D7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #38939B

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

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