#38B98D#38B98D

#38B98D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.129 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B98D
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 141)
HSL	hsl(160, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 23.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -45.35, 12.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 47.00, 164.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.1253 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.129 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7850, 37.4591, 31.1709)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B98D #B93864

analogous

#38B94D #38B98D #38A5B9

triadic

#38B98D #8D38B9 #B98D38

tetradic

#38B98D #4D38B9 #B93864 #A5B938

square

#38B98D #4D38B9 #B93864 #A5B938

split-complementary

#38B98D #B938A5 #B94D38

monochromatic

#1C5B45 #2A8A69 #38B98D #5FCFA9 #8EDDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#38B98D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#38B98D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B98D

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B98D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B98D	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)

#B5AC8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A090

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b98d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.129 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfae',
    500: '#38b98d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b98d;
$custom-light: #7fcfae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b98d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.535,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7049,
    "c": 0.1292,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B98D

secondary

#C8859C

accent

#4B7DDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B98D

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

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