#38AB98#38AB98

#38AB98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.106 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AB98
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 152)
HSL	hsl(170, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 11.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, -36.48, 0.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 36.48, 179.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.1055 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.106 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8586, 32.2311, 34.7689)
Luminance	0.3223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AB98 #AB384B

analogous

#38AB5F #38AB98 #3885AB

triadic

#38AB98 #9838AB #AB9838

tetradic

#38AB98 #5F38AB #AB384B #85AB38

square

#38AB98 #5F38AB #AB384B #85AB38

split-complementary

#38AB98 #AB3885 #AB5F38

monochromatic

#1A4F46 #297D6F #38AB98 #58C8B6 #86D7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#38AB98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#38AB98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AB98

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AB98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AB98	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93959A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ab98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.106 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec4b6',
    500: '#38ab98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ab98;
$custom-light: #7ec4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ab98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.087,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67239,
    "c": 0.10551,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AB98

secondary

#C17D89

accent

#4E65DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AB98

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

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