#38978E#38978E

#38978E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.089 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38978E
RGB	rgb(56, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(174, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, -29.80, -3.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 30.00, 186.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0887 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.089 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5778, 24.9251, 29.4706)
Luminance	0.2493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38978E #973841

analogous

#38975E #38978E #387097

triadic

#38978E #8E3897 #978E38

tetradic

#38978E #5E3897 #973841 #709738

square

#38978E #5E3897 #973841 #709738

split-complementary

#38978E #973870 #975E38

monochromatic

#173E3A #276A64 #38978E #4FBEB3 #7BCEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#38978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#38978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38978E

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38978E	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81848F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.089 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab6af',
    500: '#38978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38978e;
$custom-light: #7ab6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.316,
    "s": 45.894,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61836,
    "c": 0.08921,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38978E

secondary

#B7737A

accent

#525FD6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38978E

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

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