#38897D#38897D

#38897D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.081 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38897D
RGBrgb(56, 137, 125)
HSLhsl(171, 42%, 38%)
HSVhsv(171, 59%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(59.1%, 0%, 8.8%, 46.3%)
CIE-LABlab(52.08, -27.64, -0.95)
CIE-LCHlch(52.08, 27.66, 181.97°)
OKLaboklab(57.67% -0.0809 -0.003)
OKLCHoklch(57.67% 0.081 182.1)
XYZxyz(14.2766, 20.2113, 22.5469)
Luminance0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38897D #893844
analogous
#388954 #38897D #386C89
triadic
#38897D #7D3889 #897D38
tetradic
#38897D #543889 #893844 #6C8938
square
#38897D #543889 #893844 #6C8938
split-complementary
#38897D #89386C #895438
monochromatic
#14322E #265E55 #38897D #4AB4A5 #75C7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16
#38897D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04
#38897D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38897D
5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38897D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38897D1.004.165.045.04
#FFFFFF4.161.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0421.001.001.00
##0000005.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#83827D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#77787E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008B85
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38897d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 137, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.081 182.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aca2',
    500: '#38897d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38897d;
$custom-light: #77aca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38897d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.111,
    "s": 41.969,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57674,
    "c": 0.08094,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38897D
secondary
#AF6D77
accent
#5668D2
background
#F7FAF9
surface
#EEF4F2
border
#C9CECC
text
#09100F
muted
#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38897D

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#38897D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva