#38B98A#38B98A

#38B98A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.132 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B98A
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 138)
HSL	hsl(158, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 25.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -46.04, 13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 48.09, 163.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.1267 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.132 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5648, 37.3710, 30.0112)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B98A #B93867

analogous

#38B94A #38B98A #38A7B9

triadic

#38B98A #8A38B9 #B98A38

tetradic

#38B98A #4A38B9 #B93867 #A7B938

square

#38B98A #4A38B9 #B93867 #A7B938

split-complementary

#38B98A #B938A7 #B94A38

monochromatic

#1C5B44 #2A8A67 #38B98A #5FCFA6 #8EDDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#38B98A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#38B98A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B98A

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B98A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B98A	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AC87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A08D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b98a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.132 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfac',
    500: '#38b98a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b98a;
$custom-light: #7fcfac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b98a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.14,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70415,
    "c": 0.13158,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B98A

secondary

#C8859D

accent

#4B80DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B98A

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

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