#38B498#38B498

#38B498 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.115 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B498
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 152)
HSL	hsl(166, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(166, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 15.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -40.52, 4.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 40.76, 173.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.1149 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.115 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6168, 35.7476, 35.3550)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B498 #B43854

analogous

#38B45A #38B498 #3892B4

triadic

#38B498 #9838B4 #B49838

tetradic

#38B498 #5A38B4 #B43854 #92B438

square

#38B498 #5A38B4 #B43854 #92B438

split-complementary

#38B498 #B43892 #B45A38

monochromatic

#1B5749 #298571 #38B498 #5DCDB3 #8BDBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#38B498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#38B498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B498

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B498	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.115 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbb6',
    500: '#38b498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b498;
$custom-light: #7fcbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.452,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69518,
    "c": 0.11546,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B498

secondary

#C58292

accent

#4C6CDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B498

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

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