#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
RGBrgb(56, 137, 138)
HSLhsl(181, 42%, 38%)
HSVhsv(181, 59%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(59.4%, 0.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LABlab(52.47, -23.96, -7.92)
CIE-LCHlch(52.47, 25.24, 198.30°)
OKLaboklab(58.13% -0.0748 -0.0219)
OKLCHoklch(58.13% 0.078 196.4)
XYZxyz(15.1620, 20.5655, 27.2103)
Luminance0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38898A1.004.115.115.11
#FFFFFF4.111.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1121.001.001.00
##0000005.1121.001.001.00

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

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#38898A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva