#38B198#38B198

#38B198 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.112 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B198
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 152)
HSL	hsl(168, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 14.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -39.19, 3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 39.31, 175.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.1118 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.112 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0177, 34.5494, 35.1553)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B198 #B13851

analogous

#38B15B #38B198 #388DB1

triadic

#38B198 #9838B1 #B19838

tetradic

#38B198 #5B38B1 #B13851 #8DB138

square

#38B198 #5B38B1 #B13851 #8DB138

split-complementary

#38B198 #B1388D #B15B38

monochromatic

#1B5448 #298370 #38B198 #5BCBB4 #8ADAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#38B198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#38B198 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B198

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B198	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.112 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9b6',
    500: '#38b198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b198;
$custom-light: #7fc9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.603,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68758,
    "c": 0.11205,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B198

secondary

#C4818F

accent

#4C6ADB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B198

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

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