#38B98C#38B98C

#38B98C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.130 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B98C
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 140)
HSL	hsl(159, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 24.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -45.58, 12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 47.36, 164.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.1257 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.13 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7109, 37.4294, 30.7808)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B98C #B93865

analogous

#38B94C #38B98C #38A5B9

triadic

#38B98C #8C38B9 #B98C38

tetradic

#38B98C #4C38B9 #B93865 #A5B938

square

#38B98C #4C38B9 #B93865 #A5B938

split-complementary

#38B98C #B938A5 #B94C38

monochromatic

#1C5B45 #2A8A68 #38B98C #5FCFA8 #8EDDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#38B98C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#38B98C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B98C

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B98C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B98C	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AC8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A08F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b98c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.130 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfad',
    500: '#38b98c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b98c;
$custom-light: #7fcfad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b98c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.07,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70465,
    "c": 0.12998,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B98C

secondary

#C8859C

accent

#4B7EDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B98C

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

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