#38998E#38998E

#38998E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.091 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38998E
RGB	rgb(56, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, -30.76, -2.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 30.87, 184.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.0908 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.091 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9024, 25.5743, 29.5788)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38998E #993843

analogous

#38995D #38998E #387399

triadic

#38998E #8E3899 #998E38

tetradic

#38998E #5D3899 #993843 #739938

square

#38998E #5D3899 #993843 #739938

split-complementary

#38998E #993873 #995D38

monochromatic

#173F3B #286C64 #38998E #4FBFB2 #7CCFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#38998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#38998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38998E

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38998E	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.091 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab7af',
    500: '#38998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38998e;
$custom-light: #7ab7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.196,
    "s": 46.411,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62346,
    "c": 0.09116,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38998E

secondary

#B8747C

accent

#5261D6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38998E

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

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