#38948C#38948C

#38948C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.087 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38948C
RGB	rgb(56, 148, 140)
HSL	hsl(175, 45%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(175, 62%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 0%, 5.4%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.00, -28.89, -3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.00, 29.15, 187.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61% -0.0863 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.087 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9523, 23.9122, 28.5280)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38948C #943840

analogous

#38945E #38948C #386E94

triadic

#38948C #8C3894 #948C38

tetradic

#38948C #5E3894 #943840 #6E9438

square

#38948C #5E3894 #943840 #6E9438

split-complementary

#38948C #94386E #945E38

monochromatic

#163B38 #276862 #38948C #4DBCB2 #7ACDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#38948C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#38948C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38948C

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38948C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38948C	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	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)

#8C8C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E828D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38948c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 148, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.087 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab4ad',
    500: '#38948c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38948c;
$custom-light: #7ab4ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38948c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.783,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61003,
    "c": 0.08695,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38948C

secondary

#B67278

accent

#535ED5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38948C

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

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