#38969F#38969F

#38969F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.088 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38969F
RGB	rgb(56, 150, 159)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 5.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -24.34, -12.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 27.54, 207.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.0799 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.088 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7926, 25.1546, 36.6591)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38969F #9F4138

analogous

#389F75 #38969F #38629F

triadic

#38969F #9F3896 #969F38

tetradic

#38969F #75389F #9F4138 #629F38

square

#38969F #75389F #9F4138 #629F38

split-complementary

#38969F #9F3862 #9F7538

monochromatic

#184144 #286B72 #38969F #52B8C2 #7FCBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#38969F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#38969F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38969F

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38969F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38969F	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A90A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38969f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 150, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.088 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb5bb',
    500: '#38969f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38969f;
$custom-light: #7cb5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38969f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.243,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62194,
    "c": 0.08752,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38969F

secondary

#BB7D77

accent

#5C50D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #38969F

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

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