#38B998#38B998

#38B998 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.121 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B998
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 152)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 17.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -42.70, 6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 43.22, 171.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.1201 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.121 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6444, 37.8029, 35.6975)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B998 #B93859

analogous

#38B957 #38B998 #389AB9

triadic

#38B998 #9838B9 #B99838

tetradic

#38B998 #5738B9 #B93859 #9AB938

square

#38B998 #5738B9 #B93859 #9AB938

split-complementary

#38B998 #B9389A #B95738

monochromatic

#1C5B4B #2A8A71 #38B998 #5FCFB2 #8EDDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38B998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#38B998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B998

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B998	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.121 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfb6',
    500: '#38b998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b998;
$custom-light: #80cfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.651,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70783,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B998

secondary

#C88596

accent

#4B70DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B998

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

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