#38B98E#38B98E

#38B98E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.128 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B98E
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 142)
HSL	hsl(160, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 23.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -45.11, 11.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 46.64, 165.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.1248 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.128 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8597, 37.4890, 31.5646)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B98E #B93863

analogous

#38B94E #38B98E #38A4B9

triadic

#38B98E #8E38B9 #B98E38

tetradic

#38B98E #4E38B9 #B93863 #A4B938

square

#38B98E #4E38B9 #B93863 #A4B938

split-complementary

#38B98E #B938A4 #B94E38

monochromatic

#1C5B46 #2A8A6A #38B98E #5FCFAA #8EDDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#38B98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#38B98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B98E

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B98E	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AC8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A091

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.128 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfaf',
    500: '#38b98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b98e;
$custom-light: #7fcfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70516,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B98E

secondary

#C8859B

accent

#4B7CDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B98E

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

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