#38AF98#38AF98

#38AF98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.110 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AF98
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 152)
HSL	hsl(168, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 13.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -38.29, 2.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 38.36, 176.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.1097 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.11 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6256, 33.7651, 35.0246)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AF98 #AF384F

analogous

#38AF5C #38AF98 #388BAF

triadic

#38AF98 #9838AF #AF9838

tetradic

#38AF98 #5C38AF #AF384F #8BAF38

square

#38AF98 #5C38AF #AF384F #8BAF38

split-complementary

#38AF98 #AF388B #AF5C38

monochromatic

#1A5247 #298170 #38AF98 #5ACAB5 #88D9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#38AF98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#38AF98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AF98

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AF98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AF98	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98989A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38af98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.110 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7b6',
    500: '#38af98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38af98;
$custom-light: #7ec7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38af98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.403,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68252,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AF98

secondary

#C3808D

accent

#4D68DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AF98

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

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