#38B199#38B199

#38B199 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.112 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B199
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 153)
HSL	hsl(168, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 13.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, -38.93, 2.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 39.02, 176.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.1113 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.112 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1000, 34.5823, 35.5885)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B199 #B13850

analogous

#38B15C #38B199 #388CB1

triadic

#38B199 #9938B1 #B19938

tetradic

#38B199 #5C38B1 #B13850 #8CB138

square

#38B199 #5C38B1 #B13850 #8CB138

split-complementary

#38B199 #B1388C #B15C38

monochromatic

#1B5449 #298371 #38B199 #5BCBB5 #8ADACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#38B199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#38B199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B199

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B199	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.112 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9b7',
    500: '#38b199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b199;
$custom-light: #7fc9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.099,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68788,
    "c": 0.1115,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B199

secondary

#C4818E

accent

#4C69DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B199

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

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