#38958B#38958B

#38958B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.088 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38958B
RGB	rgb(56, 149, 139)
HSL	hsl(174, 45%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 6.7%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.29, -29.66, -2.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.29, 29.80, 185.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% -0.0878 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.088 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.0364, 24.1979, 28.1939)
Luminance	0.2420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38958B #953842

analogous

#38955C #38958B #387195

triadic

#38958B #8B3895 #958B38

tetradic

#38958B #5C3895 #953842 #719538

square

#38958B #5C3895 #953842 #719538

split-complementary

#38958B #953871 #955C38

monochromatic

#173C38 #276962 #38958B #4EBCB1 #7ACDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#38958B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#38958B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38958B

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38958B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38958B	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80838C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38958b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 149, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.088 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab4ac',
    500: '#38958b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38958b;
$custom-light: #7ab4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38958b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.548,
    "s": 45.366,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61225,
    "c": 0.08822,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38958B

secondary

#B6737A

accent

#5361D5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38958B

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

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