#38B098#38B098

#38B098 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.111 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B098
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 152)
HSL	hsl(168, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 13.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, -38.74, 2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 38.83, 176.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.1107 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.111 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8209, 34.1558, 35.0897)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B098 #B03850

analogous

#38B05C #38B098 #388CB0

triadic

#38B098 #9838B0 #B09838

tetradic

#38B098 #5C38B0 #B03850 #8CB038

square

#38B098 #5C38B0 #B03850 #8CB038

split-complementary

#38B098 #B0388C #B05C38

monochromatic

#1A5348 #298270 #38B098 #5BCBB4 #89D9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38B098 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#38B098 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B098

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B098	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B098	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99999A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b098;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.111 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec8b6',
    500: '#38b098',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b098;
$custom-light: #7ec8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b098",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68505,
    "c": 0.11094,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B098

secondary

#C4808E

accent

#4D69DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B098

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

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