#38987E#38987E

#38987E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.098 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38987E
RGB	rgb(56, 152, 126)
HSL	hsl(164, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(164, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 17.1%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, -34.53, 5.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 34.96, 171.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0974 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.098 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6232, 24.8018, 23.6458)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38987E #983852

analogous

#38984E #38987E #388298

triadic

#38987E #7E3898 #987E38

tetradic

#38987E #4E3898 #983852 #829838

square

#38987E #4E3898 #983852 #829838

split-complementary

#38987E #983882 #984E38

monochromatic

#173F34 #286B59 #38987E #4FBEA0 #7CCFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#38987E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#38987E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38987E

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38987E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38987E	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938E7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38987e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 152, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.098 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b7a3',
    500: '#38987e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38987e;
$custom-light: #79b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38987e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.75,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61593,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38987E

secondary

#B87486

accent

#5276D6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F3

border

#C9D0CD

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38987E

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

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