#38B98F#38B98F

#38B98F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.128 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B98F
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 143)
HSL	hsl(160, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 22.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -44.88, 11.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 46.29, 165.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.1243 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.128 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9351, 37.5191, 31.9618)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B98F #B93862

analogous

#38B94E #38B98F #38A3B9

triadic

#38B98F #8F38B9 #B98F38

tetradic

#38B98F #4E38B9 #B93862 #A3B938

square

#38B98F #4E38B9 #B93862 #A3B938

split-complementary

#38B98F #B938A3 #B94E38

monochromatic

#1C5B46 #2A8A6B #38B98F #5FCFAB #8EDDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#38B98F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#38B98F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B98F

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B98F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B98F	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)

#B5AC8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A092

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b98f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.128 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfaf',
    500: '#38b98f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b98f;
$custom-light: #7fcfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b98f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.465,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70541,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B98F

secondary

#C8859B

accent

#4B7ADD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B98F

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

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