#38908D#38908D

#38908D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.083 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38908D
RGB	rgb(56, 144, 141)
HSL	hsl(178, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 2.1%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, -26.63, -6.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 27.35, 193.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% -0.0813 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.083 192)
XYZ	xyz(16.4098, 22.7086, 28.7125)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38908D #90383B

analogous

#389061 #38908D #386790

triadic

#38908D #8D3890 #908D38

tetradic

#38908D #613890 #90383B #679038

square

#38908D #613890 #90383B #679038

split-complementary

#38908D #903867 #906138

monochromatic

#163837 #276462 #38908D #4CB9B6 #78CAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#38908D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#38908D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38908D

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38908D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38908D	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88898D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38908d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 144, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.083 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b1ae',
    500: '#38908d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38908d;
$custom-light: #79b1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38908d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.955,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60017,
    "c": 0.08318,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.2271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38908D

secondary

#B47073

accent

#5458D4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF5F4

border

#C9CFCE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38908D

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

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