#38B699#38B699

#38B699 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.117 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B699
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 153)
HSL	hsl(166, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 15.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -41.14, 4.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 41.43, 173.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.1165 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.117 174)
XYZ	xyz(24.1057, 36.5938, 35.9237)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B699 #B63855

analogous

#38B65A #38B699 #3894B6

triadic

#38B699 #9938B6 #B69938

tetradic

#38B699 #5A38B6 #B63855 #94B638

square

#38B699 #5A38B6 #B63855 #94B638

split-complementary

#38B699 #B63894 #B65A38

monochromatic

#1B584A #2A8772 #38B699 #5ECDB4 #8DDCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#38B699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#38B699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B699

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B699	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.117 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb7',
    500: '#38b699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b699;
$custom-light: #7fccb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.19,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70053,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.36597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B699

secondary

#C68493

accent

#4B6DDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B699

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

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