#38AC98#38AC98

#38AC98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.107 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AC98
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 152)
HSL	hsl(170, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 11.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, -36.94, 0.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 36.95, 178.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.1066 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.107 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0482, 32.6103, 34.8321)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AC98 #AC384C

analogous

#38AC5E #38AC98 #3886AC

triadic

#38AC98 #9838AC #AC9838

tetradic

#38AC98 #5E38AC #AC384C #86AC38

square

#38AC98 #5E38AC #AC384C #86AC38

split-complementary

#38AC98 #AC3886 #AC5E38

monochromatic

#1A5046 #297E6F #38AC98 #58C9B5 #87D8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#38AC98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#38AC98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AC98

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AC98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AC98	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94969A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ac98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.107 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec5b6',
    500: '#38ac98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ac98;
$custom-light: #7ec5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ac98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.655,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67493,
    "c": 0.10657,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AC98

secondary

#C27E8A

accent

#4D66DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AC98

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

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