#38998A#38998A

#38998A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.093 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38998A
RGB	rgb(56, 153, 138)
HSL	hsl(171, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 9.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -31.86, -0.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 31.86, 180.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.0927 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.093 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6074, 25.4563, 28.0255)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38998A #993847

analogous

#389959 #38998A #387799

triadic

#38998A #8A3899 #998A38

tetradic

#38998A #593899 #993847 #779938

square

#38998A #593899 #993847 #779938

split-complementary

#38998A #993877 #995938

monochromatic

#173F39 #286C62 #38998A #4FBFAE #7CCFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#38998A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#38998A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38998A

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38998A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38998A	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38998a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 153, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.093 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab7ac',
    500: '#38998a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38998a;
$custom-light: #7ab7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38998a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.722,
    "s": 46.411,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62216,
    "c": 0.09275,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38998A

secondary

#B8747F

accent

#5266D6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38998A

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

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