#38898F#38898F

#38898F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.078 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38898F
RGB	rgb(56, 137, 143)
HSL	hsl(184, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 4.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.63, -22.48, -10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.63, 24.84, 205.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% -0.0726 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.078 202)
XYZ	xyz(15.5324, 20.7136, 29.1608)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38898F #8F3E38

analogous

#388F6A #38898F #385E8F

triadic

#38898F #8F3889 #898F38

tetradic

#38898F #6A388F #8F3E38 #5E8F38

square

#38898F #6A388F #8F3E38 #5E8F38

split-complementary

#38898F #8F385E #8F6A38

monochromatic

#163537 #275F63 #38898F #4BB1B9 #77C4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#38898F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#38898F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38898F

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38898F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38898F	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F838F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38898f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 137, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.078 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79abaf',
    500: '#38898f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38898f;
$custom-light: #79abaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38898f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 43.719,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58312,
    "c": 0.07826,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.20715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38898F

secondary

#B37470

accent

#5D54D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38898F

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

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