#38998F#38998F

#38998F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.091 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38998F
RGB	rgb(56, 153, 143)
HSL	hsl(174, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 6.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, -30.49, -3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 30.64, 185.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.0904 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.091 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9778, 25.6045, 29.9760)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38998F #993842

analogous

#38995E #38998F #387299

triadic

#38998F #8F3899 #998F38

tetradic

#38998F #5E3899 #993842 #729938

square

#38998F #5E3899 #993842 #729938

split-complementary

#38998F #993872 #995E38

monochromatic

#173F3B #286C65 #38998F #4FBFB3 #7CCFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#38998F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#38998F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38998F

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38998F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38998F	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)

#91918F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38998f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 153, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.091 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb7af',
    500: '#38998f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38998f;
$custom-light: #7bb7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38998f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.814,
    "s": 46.411,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62379,
    "c": 0.09082,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38998F

secondary

#B8747B

accent

#525FD6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38998F

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

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