#38989E#38989E

#38989E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.088 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38989E
RGB	rgb(56, 152, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 3.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -25.66, -11.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 28.09, 204.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0825 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.088 201)
XYZ	xyz(19.0280, 25.7638, 36.3112)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38989E #9E3E38

analogous

#389E71 #38989E #38659E

triadic

#38989E #9E3898 #989E38

tetradic

#38989E #71389E #9E3E38 #659E38

square

#38989E #71389E #9E3E38 #659E38

split-complementary

#38989E #9E3865 #9E7138

monochromatic

#184144 #286D71 #38989E #52BBC2 #7FCDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#38989E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#38989E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38989E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38989E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38989E	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#8D929F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D869E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38989e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 152, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.088 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb6ba',
    500: '#38989e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38989e;
$custom-light: #7cb6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38989e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62656,
    "c": 0.08836,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.25766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38989E

secondary

#BB7B77

accent

#5851D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #38989E

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

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