#38898A#38898A

#38898A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.078 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38898A
RGB	rgb(56, 137, 138)
HSL	hsl(181, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, -23.96, -7.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 25.24, 198.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% -0.0748 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.078 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.1620, 20.5655, 27.2103)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38898A #8A3938

analogous

#388A62 #38898A #38608A

triadic

#38898A #8A3889 #898A38

tetradic

#38898A #62388A #8A3938 #608A38

square

#38898A #62388A #8A3938 #608A38

split-complementary

#38898A #8A3860 #8A6238

monochromatic

#153333 #265E5E #38898A #4AB4B5 #75C6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#38898A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#38898A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38898A

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38898A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38898A	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38898a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 137, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.078 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78abac',
    500: '#38898a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38898a;
$custom-light: #78abac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38898a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.732,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58125,
    "c": 0.07797,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38898A

secondary

#B06F6E

accent

#5756D2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38898A

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

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