#38B599#38B599

#38B599 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.116 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B599
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 153)
HSL	hsl(167, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(167, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 15.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -40.70, 4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 40.94, 173.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.1155 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.116 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9017, 36.1857, 35.8557)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B599 #B53854

analogous

#38B55B #38B599 #3893B5

triadic

#38B599 #9938B5 #B59938

tetradic

#38B599 #5B38B5 #B53854 #93B538

square

#38B599 #5B38B5 #B53854 #93B538

split-complementary

#38B599 #B53893 #B55B38

monochromatic

#1B584A #2A8671 #38B599 #5DCDB4 #8CDBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38B599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#38B599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B599

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B599	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.116 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb7',
    500: '#38b599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b599;
$custom-light: #7fccb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.56,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.698,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B599

secondary

#C68392

accent

#4C6CDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B599

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

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