#38AA99#38AA99

#38AA99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.104 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AA99
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 153)
HSL	hsl(171, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(171, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 10%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, -35.75, -0.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 35.76, 180.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% -0.104 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.104 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7527, 31.8877, 35.1393)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AA99 #AA3849

analogous

#38AA60 #38AA99 #3882AA

triadic

#38AA99 #9938AA #AA9938

tetradic

#38AA99 #6038AA #AA3849 #82AA38

square

#38AA99 #6038AA #AA3849 #82AA38

split-complementary

#38AA99 #AA3882 #AA6038

monochromatic

#1A4E46 #297C70 #38AA99 #57C8B7 #85D7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#38AA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#38AA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AA99

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AA99	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92949A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aa99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.104 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec4b7',
    500: '#38aa99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aa99;
$custom-light: #7ec4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aa99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.053,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67018,
    "c": 0.10401,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AA99

secondary

#C17D87

accent

#4E63DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AA99

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

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