#38979B#38979B

#38979B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.088 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38979B
RGB	rgb(56, 151, 155)
HSL	hsl(182, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, -26.05, -10.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 28.02, 201.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.0827 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.088 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6113, 25.3385, 34.9140)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38979B #9B3C38

analogous

#389B6E #38979B #38669B

triadic

#38979B #9B3897 #979B38

tetradic

#38979B #6E389B #9B3C38 #669B38

square

#38979B #6E389B #9B3C38 #669B38

split-complementary

#38979B #9B3866 #9B6E38

monochromatic

#183F41 #286B6E #38979B #50BBC0 #7DCDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#38979B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#38979B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38979B

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38979B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38979B	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D909B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38979b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 151, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.088 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb6b8',
    500: '#38979b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38979b;
$custom-light: #7bb6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38979b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.424,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62294,
    "c": 0.08755,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38979B

secondary

#B97875

accent

#5751D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #38979B

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

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