#38B799#38B799

#38B799 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.118 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B799
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 153)
HSL	hsl(166, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 16.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -41.58, 5.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 41.92, 172.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.1175 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.118 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3112, 37.0049, 35.9922)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B799 #B73856

analogous

#38B75A #38B799 #3896B7

triadic

#38B799 #9938B7 #B79938

tetradic

#38B799 #5A38B7 #B73856 #96B738

square

#38B799 #5A38B7 #B73856 #96B738

split-complementary

#38B799 #B73896 #B75A38

monochromatic

#1B594B #2A8872 #38B799 #5ECEB4 #8DDCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#38B799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B799

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B799	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.118 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdb7',
    500: '#38b799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b799;
$custom-light: #7fcdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.827,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70305,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B799

secondary

#C78494

accent

#4B6EDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B799

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

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