#38B899#38B899

#38B899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.119 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B899
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 16.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -42.01, 5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 42.41, 172.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.1186 0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.119 173)
XYZ	xyz(24.5182, 37.4188, 36.0612)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B899 #B83857

analogous

#38B859 #38B899 #3897B8

triadic

#38B899 #9938B8 #B89938

tetradic

#38B899 #5938B8 #B83857 #97B838

square

#38B899 #5938B8 #B83857 #97B838

split-complementary

#38B899 #B83897 #B85938

monochromatic

#1B5A4B #2A8972 #38B899 #5FCEB3 #8EDDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#38B899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#38B899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B899

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B899	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)

#B2AC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.119 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ceb7',
    500: '#38b899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b899;
$custom-light: #80ceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.469,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70558,
    "c": 0.11945,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.37422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B899

secondary

#C78595

accent

#4B6EDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B899

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

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