#38908B#38908B

#38908B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.084 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38908B
RGB	rgb(56, 144, 139)
HSL	hsl(177, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 3.5%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, -27.21, -5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 27.69, 190.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% -0.0823 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.084 190)
XYZ	xyz(16.2623, 22.6497, 27.9359)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38908B #90383D

analogous

#38905F #38908B #386990

triadic

#38908B #8B3890 #908B38

tetradic

#38908B #5F3890 #90383D #699038

square

#38908B #5F3890 #90383D #699038

split-complementary

#38908B #903869 #905F38

monochromatic

#163836 #276460 #38908B #4CB9B3 #78CAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#38908B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#38908B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38908B

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38908B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38908B	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88898B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38908b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 144, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.084 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b1ac',
    500: '#38908b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38908b;
$custom-light: #79b1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38908b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.591,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59947,
    "c": 0.08353,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.22651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38908B

secondary

#B47074

accent

#545BD4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF5F4

border

#C9CFCE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38908B

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

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