#38989D#38989D

#38989D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.088 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38989D
RGB	rgb(56, 152, 157)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 3.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, -25.96, -10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 28.16, 202.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% -0.0829 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.088 200)
XYZ	xyz(18.9423, 25.7295, 35.8597)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38989D #9D3D38

analogous

#389D70 #38989D #38669D

triadic

#38989D #9D3898 #989D38

tetradic

#38989D #70389D #9D3D38 #669D38

square

#38989D #70389D #9D3D38 #669D38

split-complementary

#38989D #9D3866 #9D7038

monochromatic

#184143 #286C70 #38989D #51BBC1 #7ECDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#38989D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#38989D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38989D

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38989D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38989D	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38989d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 152, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.088 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb6b9',
    500: '#38989d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38989d;
$custom-light: #7cb6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38989d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.97,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62619,
    "c": 0.08828,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.25732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38989D

secondary

#BA7A76

accent

#5751D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #38989D

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

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