#38997D#38997D

#38997D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.100 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38997D
RGB	rgb(56, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(163, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(163, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, -35.24, 6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 35.82, 169.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% -0.099 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.1 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7220, 25.1021, 23.3620)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38997D #993854

analogous

#38994C #38997D #388499

triadic

#38997D #7D3899 #997D38

tetradic

#38997D #4C3899 #993854 #849938

square

#38997D #4C3899 #993854 #849938

split-complementary

#38997D #993884 #994C38

monochromatic

#173F34 #286C58 #38997D #4FBF9F #7CCFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#38997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#38997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38997D

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38997D	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958F7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87857F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.100 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab7a2',
    500: '#38997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38997d;
$custom-light: #7ab7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.68,
    "s": 46.411,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61823,
    "c": 0.10032,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38997D

secondary

#B87488

accent

#5278D6

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38997D

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

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