#38969E#38969E

#38969E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.087 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38969E
RGB	rgb(56, 150, 158)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 5.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, -24.65, -12.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 27.57, 206.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.0803 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.087 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7061, 25.1200, 36.2039)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38969E #9E4038

analogous

#389E73 #38969E #38639E

triadic

#38969E #9E3896 #969E38

tetradic

#38969E #73389E #9E4038 #639E38

square

#38969E #73389E #9E4038 #639E38

split-complementary

#38969E #9E3863 #9E7338

monochromatic

#184044 #286B71 #38969E #52B9C2 #7FCBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#38969E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#38969E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38969E

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38969E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38969E	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B909F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38969e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 150, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.087 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb5ba',
    500: '#38969e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38969e;
$custom-light: #7bb5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38969e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.706,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62156,
    "c": 0.08733,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38969E

secondary

#BB7C77

accent

#5B51D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #38969E

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

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