#38908E#38908E

#38908E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.083 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38908E
RGB	rgb(56, 144, 142)
HSL	hsl(179, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 1.4%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, -26.34, -6.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 27.20, 194.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% -0.0809 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.083 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.4845, 22.7385, 29.1062)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38908E #90383A

analogous

#389062 #38908E #386690

triadic

#38908E #8E3890 #908E38

tetradic

#38908E #623890 #90383A #669038

square

#38908E #623890 #90383A #669038

split-complementary

#38908E #903866 #906238

monochromatic

#163837 #276463 #38908E #4CB9B7 #78CAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#38908E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#38908E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38908E

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38908E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38908E	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87898E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797F8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38908e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 144, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.083 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b1af',
    500: '#38908e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38908e;
$custom-light: #79b1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38908e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.636,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60052,
    "c": 0.08304,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38908E

secondary

#B47072

accent

#5457D4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF5F4

border

#C9CFCE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38908E

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

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