#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
RGB	rgb(56, 137, 125)
HSL	hsl(171, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 8.8%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, -27.64, -0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 27.66, 181.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% -0.0809 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.081 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.2766, 20.2113, 22.5469)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38897D	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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