#38A698#38A698

#38A698 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.100 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A698
RGB	rgb(56, 166, 152)
HSL	hsl(172, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(172, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 8.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, -34.17, -1.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 34.22, 183.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% -0.1002 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.1 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.9320, 30.3779, 34.4600)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A698 #A63846

analogous

#38A661 #38A698 #387DA6

triadic

#38A698 #9838A6 #A69838

tetradic

#38A698 #6138A6 #A63846 #7DA638

square

#38A698 #6138A6 #A63846 #7DA638

split-complementary

#38A698 #A6387D #A66138

monochromatic

#194A44 #29786E #38A698 #55C6B7 #83D5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#38A698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#38A698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A698

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A698	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9D98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 166, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.100 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc1b6',
    500: '#38a698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a698;
$custom-light: #7dc1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.364,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65974,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A698

secondary

#BF7B84

accent

#4F60D9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A698

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

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