#38B98B#38B98B

#38B98B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.131 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B98B
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 139)
HSL	hsl(159, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 24.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -45.81, 13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 47.73, 163.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.1262 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.131 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6375, 37.4001, 30.3943)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B98B #B93866

analogous

#38B94B #38B98B #38A6B9

triadic

#38B98B #8B38B9 #B98B38

tetradic

#38B98B #4B38B9 #B93866 #A6B938

square

#38B98B #4B38B9 #B93866 #A6B938

split-complementary

#38B98B #B938A6 #B94B38

monochromatic

#1C5B44 #2A8A68 #38B98B #5FCFA7 #8EDDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#38B98B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#38B98B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B98B

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B98B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B98B	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)

#B5AC88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A08E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b98b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.131 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfad',
    500: '#38b98b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b98b;
$custom-light: #7fcfad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b98b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.605,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7044,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B98B

secondary

#C8859D

accent

#4B7FDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B98B

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

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