#38998D#38998D

#38998D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.092 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38998D
RGB	rgb(56, 153, 141)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 7.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, -31.04, -2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 31.11, 183.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.0913 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.092 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8276, 25.5444, 29.1852)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38998D #993844

analogous

#38995C #38998D #387499

triadic

#38998D #8D3899 #998D38

tetradic

#38998D #5C3899 #993844 #749938

square

#38998D #5C3899 #993844 #749938

split-complementary

#38998D #993874 #995C38

monochromatic

#173F3A #286C64 #38998D #4FBFB1 #7CCFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#38998D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#38998D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38998D

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38998D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38998D	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38998d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 153, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.092 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab7ae',
    500: '#38998d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38998d;
$custom-light: #7ab7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38998d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.577,
    "s": 46.411,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62313,
    "c": 0.09152,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38998D

secondary

#B8747D

accent

#5262D6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38998D

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

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