#38AB99#38AB99

#38AB99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.105 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AB99
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 153)
HSL	hsl(171, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 10.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, -36.21, -0.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 36.21, 180.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% -0.105 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.105 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9408, 32.2640, 35.2021)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AB99 #AB384A

analogous

#38AB60 #38AB99 #3884AB

triadic

#38AB99 #9938AB #AB9938

tetradic

#38AB99 #6038AB #AB384A #84AB38

square

#38AB99 #6038AB #AB384A #84AB38

split-complementary

#38AB99 #AB3884 #AB6038

monochromatic

#1A4F47 #297D70 #38AB99 #58C8B7 #86D7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#38AB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#38AB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AB99

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AB99	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)

#A4A198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93959B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ab99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.105 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec4b7',
    500: '#38ab99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ab99;
$custom-light: #7ec4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ab99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.609,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6727,
    "c": 0.10504,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AB99

secondary

#C17D88

accent

#4E64DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AB99

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

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