#38B299#38B299

#38B299 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.113 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B299
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 153)
HSL	hsl(168, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 14%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, -39.38, 3.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 39.49, 175.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.1124 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.113 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2982, 34.9788, 35.6545)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B299 #B23851

analogous

#38B25C #38B299 #388EB2

triadic

#38B299 #9938B2 #B29938

tetradic

#38B299 #5C38B2 #B23851 #8EB238

square

#38B299 #5C38B2 #B23851 #8EB238

split-complementary

#38B299 #B2388E #B25C38

monochromatic

#1B5549 #298371 #38B299 #5CCCB5 #8ADACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#38B299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#38B299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B299

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B299	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.113 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcab7',
    500: '#38b299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b299;
$custom-light: #7fcab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.705,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69041,
    "c": 0.11261,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B299

secondary

#C5818F

accent

#4C6ADC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B299

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

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