#38B399#38B399

#38B399 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.114 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B399
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 153)
HSL	hsl(167, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(167, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 14.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -39.82, 3.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 39.97, 174.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.1134 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.114 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4979, 35.3782, 35.7211)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B399 #B33852

analogous

#38B35B #38B399 #388FB3

triadic

#38B399 #9938B3 #B39938

tetradic

#38B399 #5B38B3 #B33852 #8FB338

square

#38B399 #5B38B3 #B33852 #8FB338

split-complementary

#38B399 #B3388F #B35B38

monochromatic

#1B5649 #298471 #38B399 #5CCCB4 #8BDBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38B399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#38B399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B399

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B399	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.114 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcab7',
    500: '#38b399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b399;
$custom-light: #7fcab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.317,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69294,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B399

secondary

#C58290

accent

#4C6ADC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B399

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

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