#38979F#38979F

#38979F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.088 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38979F
RGB	rgb(56, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.54, -24.85, -12.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.54, 27.78, 206.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.081 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.088 203)
XYZ	xyz(18.9528, 25.4751, 36.7125)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38979F #9F4038

analogous

#389F74 #38979F #38649F

triadic

#38979F #9F3897 #979F38

tetradic

#38979F #74389F #9F4038 #649F38

square

#38979F #74389F #9F4038 #649F38

split-complementary

#38979F #9F3864 #9F7438

monochromatic

#184144 #286C72 #38979F #52B9C2 #7FCCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#38979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#38979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38979F

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38979F	1.00	3.45	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C91A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C859F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.088 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb6bb',
    500: '#38979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38979f;
$custom-light: #7cb6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.66,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62444,
    "c": 0.08799,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.25477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38979F

secondary

#BB7D77

accent

#5B50D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #38979F

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

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