#38997E#38997E

#38997E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.100 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38997E
RGB	rgb(56, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(163, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(163, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, -34.99, 5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 35.48, 170.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% -0.0985 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.1 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.7862, 25.1278, 23.7001)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38997E #993853

analogous

#38994D #38997E #388399

triadic

#38997E #7E3899 #997E38

tetradic

#38997E #4D3899 #993853 #839938

square

#38997E #4D3899 #993853 #839938

split-complementary

#38997E #993883 #994D38

monochromatic

#173F34 #286C59 #38997E #4FBFA0 #7CCFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#38997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#38997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38997E

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38997E	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.100 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab7a3',
    500: '#38997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38997e;
$custom-light: #7ab7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.299,
    "s": 46.411,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61852,
    "c": 0.09962,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38997E

secondary

#B87487

accent

#5277D6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F3

border

#C9D0CD

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38997E

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

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