#38949D#38949D

#38949D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.086 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38949D
RGB	rgb(56, 148, 157)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 5.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, -23.93, -12.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 27.12, 208.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% -0.0786 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.086 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3040, 24.4529, 35.6470)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38949D #9D4138

analogous

#389D74 #38949D #38619D

triadic

#38949D #9D3894 #949D38

tetradic

#38949D #74389D #9D4138 #619D38

square

#38949D #74389D #9D4138 #619D38

split-complementary

#38949D #9D3861 #9D7438

monochromatic

#183F43 #286970 #38949D #51B7C1 #7ECAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#38949D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#38949D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38949D

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38949D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38949D	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79839D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38949d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 148, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.086 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb3b9',
    500: '#38949d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38949d;
$custom-light: #7bb3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38949d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.347,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61617,
    "c": 0.08621,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38949D

secondary

#BA7C76

accent

#5D51D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #38949D

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

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