#38B398#38B398

#38B398 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.114 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B398
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 152)
HSL	hsl(167, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(167, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 15.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -40.08, 4.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 40.28, 174.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.1139 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.114 175)
XYZ	xyz(23.4157, 35.3453, 35.2879)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B398 #B33853

analogous

#38B35A #38B398 #3890B3

triadic

#38B398 #9838B3 #B39838

tetradic

#38B398 #5A38B3 #B33853 #90B338

square

#38B398 #5A38B3 #B33853 #90B338

split-complementary

#38B398 #B33890 #B35A38

monochromatic

#1B5649 #298470 #38B398 #5CCCB3 #8BDBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38B398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#38B398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B398

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B398	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.114 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcab6',
    500: '#38b398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b398;
$custom-light: #7fcab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.829,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69265,
    "c": 0.11431,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.35348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B398

secondary

#C58291

accent

#4C6CDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B398

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

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