#38B898#38B898

#38B898 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.120 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B898
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 152)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 17.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -42.26, 6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 42.73, 171.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.119 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.12 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4360, 37.3859, 35.6280)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B898 #B83858

analogous

#38B858 #38B898 #3898B8

triadic

#38B898 #9838B8 #B89838

tetradic

#38B898 #5838B8 #B83858 #98B838

square

#38B898 #5838B8 #B83858 #98B838

split-complementary

#38B898 #B83898 #B85838

monochromatic

#1B5A4A #2A8971 #38B898 #5FCEB2 #8EDDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#38B898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#38B898 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B898

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B898	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.120 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ceb6',
    500: '#38b898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b898;
$custom-light: #80ceb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7053,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B898

secondary

#C78595

accent

#4B6FDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B898

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

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