#38B99A#38B99A

#38B99A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.120 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B99A
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 154)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 16.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -42.20, 5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 42.58, 172.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.1191 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.12 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8096, 37.8689, 36.5675)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B99A #B93857

analogous

#38B959 #38B99A #3898B9

triadic

#38B99A #9A38B9 #B99A38

tetradic

#38B99A #5938B9 #B93857 #98B938

square

#38B99A #5938B9 #B93857 #98B938

split-complementary

#38B99A #B93898 #B95938

monochromatic

#1C5B4C #2A8A73 #38B99A #5FCFB4 #8EDDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38B99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#38B99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B99A

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B99A	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.120 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfb7',
    500: '#38b99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b99a;
$custom-light: #80cfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.581,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70839,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B99A

secondary

#C88595

accent

#4B6EDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B99A

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

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