#38979C#38979C

#38979C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.088 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38979C
RGB	rgb(56, 151, 156)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, -25.75, -10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 27.95, 202.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.0823 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.088 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6957, 25.3722, 35.3581)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38979C #9C3D38

analogous

#389C6F #38979C #38659C

triadic

#38979C #9C3897 #979C38

tetradic

#38979C #6F389C #9C3D38 #659C38

square

#38979C #6F389C #9C3D38 #659C38

split-complementary

#38979C #9C3865 #9C6F38

monochromatic

#184042 #286B6F #38979C #51BBC0 #7ECCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#38979C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#38979C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38979C

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38979C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38979C	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)

#8C909C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38979c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 151, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.088 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb6b9',
    500: '#38979c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38979c;
$custom-light: #7bb6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38979c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62331,
    "c": 0.08762,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38979C

secondary

#BA7976

accent

#5851D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #38979C

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

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