#38B698#38B698

#38B698 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.118 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B698
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 152)
HSL	hsl(166, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 16.5%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -41.39, 5.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 41.74, 172.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.117 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.118 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0235, 36.5609, 35.4905)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B698 #B63856

analogous

#38B659 #38B698 #3895B6

triadic

#38B698 #9838B6 #B69838

tetradic

#38B698 #5938B6 #B63856 #95B638

square

#38B698 #5938B6 #B63856 #95B638

split-complementary

#38B698 #B63895 #B65938

monochromatic

#1B584A #2A8771 #38B698 #5ECDB3 #8DDCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38B698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#38B698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B698

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B698	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.118 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb6',
    500: '#38b698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b698;
$custom-light: #7fccb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.714,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70024,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B698

secondary

#C68493

accent

#4B6EDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B698

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

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