#38948B#38948B

#38948B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.087 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38948B
RGB	rgb(56, 148, 139)
HSL	hsl(174, 45%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 0%, 6.1%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, -29.17, -3.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 29.36, 186.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% -0.0867 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.087 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8789, 23.8829, 28.1414)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38948B #943841

analogous

#38945D #38948B #386F94

triadic

#38948B #8B3894 #948B38

tetradic

#38948B #5D3894 #943841 #6F9438

square

#38948B #5D3894 #943841 #6F9438

split-complementary

#38948B #94386F #945D38

monochromatic

#163B38 #276861 #38948B #4DBCB1 #7ACDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#38948B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#38948B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38948B

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38948B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38948B	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F828C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38948b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 148, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.087 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab4ac',
    500: '#38948b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38948b;
$custom-light: #7ab4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38948b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.13,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60969,
    "c": 0.08724,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38948B

secondary

#B67279

accent

#5360D5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38948B

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

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