#38979A#38979A

#38979A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.088 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38979A
RGB	rgb(56, 151, 154)
HSL	hsl(182, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -26.35, -9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 28.11, 200.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.0832 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.088 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5277, 25.3051, 34.4735)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38979A #9A3B38

analogous

#389A6C #38979A #38669A

triadic

#38979A #9A3897 #979A38

tetradic

#38979A #6C389A #9A3B38 #669A38

square

#38979A #6C389A #9A3B38 #669A38

split-complementary

#38979A #9A3866 #9A6C38

monochromatic

#173F40 #286B6D #38979A #50BCBF #7DCDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#38979A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#38979A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38979A

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38979A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38979A	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D909A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E859B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38979a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 151, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.088 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb6b7',
    500: '#38979a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38979a;
$custom-light: #7bb6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38979a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.837,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62257,
    "c": 0.08751,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38979A

secondary

#B97775

accent

#5651D6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #38979A

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

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