#38896F#38896F

#38896F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.089 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38896F
RGB	rgb(56, 137, 111)
HSL	hsl(161, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(161, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 19%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, -31.29, 6.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 31.98, 168.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% -0.0877 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.089 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.4444, 19.8785, 18.1643)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38896F #893852

analogous

#388947 #38896F #387A89

triadic

#38896F #6F3889 #896F38

tetradic

#38896F #473889 #893852 #7A8938

square

#38896F #473889 #893852 #7A8938

split-complementary

#38896F #89387A #894738

monochromatic

#143229 #265E4C #38896F #4AB492 #75C7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#38896F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#38896F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38896F

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38896F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38896F	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86806E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#078A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38896f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 137, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.089 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77ac98',
    500: '#38896f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38896f;
$custom-light: #77ac98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38896f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.741,
    "s": 41.969,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57244,
    "c": 0.0893,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38896F

secondary

#AF6D83

accent

#567ED2

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#09100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38896F

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

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