#38997F#38997F

#38997F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.099 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38997F
RGB	rgb(56, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(164, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(164, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 17%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -34.74, 5.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 35.15, 171.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% -0.098 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.099 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8510, 25.1538, 24.0417)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38997F #993852

analogous

#38994F #38997F #388299

triadic

#38997F #7F3899 #997F38

tetradic

#38997F #4F3899 #993852 #829938

square

#38997F #4F3899 #993852 #829938

split-complementary

#38997F #993882 #994F38

monochromatic

#173F35 #286C5A #38997F #4FBFA1 #7CCFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#38997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#38997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38997F

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38997F	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)

#948F7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868581

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.099 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab7a4',
    500: '#38997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38997f;
$custom-light: #7ab7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.918,
    "s": 46.411,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61881,
    "c": 0.09894,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38997F

secondary

#B87487

accent

#5275D6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38997F

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

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