#38AE98#38AE98

#38AE98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.109 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE98
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 152)
HSL	hsl(169, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 12.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, -37.84, 1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 37.88, 177.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68% -0.1087 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.109 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4317, 33.3773, 34.9599)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE98 #AE384E

analogous

#38AE5D #38AE98 #3889AE

triadic

#38AE98 #9838AE #AE9838

tetradic

#38AE98 #5D38AE #AE384E #89AE38

square

#38AE98 #5D38AE #AE384E #89AE38

split-complementary

#38AE98 #AE3889 #AE5D38

monochromatic

#1A5147 #298070 #38AE98 #59CAB5 #88D9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#38AE98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#38AE98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE98

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE98	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97979A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.109 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7b6',
    500: '#38ae98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae98;
$custom-light: #7ec7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.814,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67999,
    "c": 0.10874,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE98

secondary

#C37F8C

accent

#4D67DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE98

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

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