#38999F#38999F

#38999F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.089 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38999F
RGB	rgb(56, 153, 159)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -25.86, -11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 28.30, 203.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.0831 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.089 201)
XYZ	xyz(19.2774, 26.1243, 36.8207)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38999F #9F3E38

analogous

#389F72 #38999F #38669F

triadic

#38999F #9F3899 #999F38

tetradic

#38999F #72389F #9F3E38 #669F38

square

#38999F #72389F #9F3E38 #669F38

split-complementary

#38999F #9F3866 #9F7238

monochromatic

#184244 #286D72 #38999F #52BCC2 #7FCDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#38999F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#38999F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38999F

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38999F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38999F	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E92A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E87A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38999f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 153, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.089 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb7bb',
    500: '#38999f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38999f;
$custom-light: #7cb7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38999f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.495,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62944,
    "c": 0.08902,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.26126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38999F

secondary

#BB7B77

accent

#5850D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #38999F

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

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