#38B598#38B598

#38B598 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.117 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B598
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 152)
HSL	hsl(166, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(166, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 16%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -40.96, 4.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 41.25, 173.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.1159 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.117 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8194, 36.1528, 35.4225)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B598 #B53855

analogous

#38B55A #38B598 #3894B5

triadic

#38B598 #9838B5 #B59838

tetradic

#38B598 #5A38B5 #B53855 #94B538

square

#38B598 #5A38B5 #B53855 #94B538

split-complementary

#38B598 #B53894 #B55A38

monochromatic

#1B584A #2A8671 #38B598 #5DCDB3 #8CDBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38B598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#38B598 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B598

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B598	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.117 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb6',
    500: '#38b598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b598;
$custom-light: #7fccb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.08,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69771,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B598

secondary

#C68392

accent

#4C6DDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B598

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

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