#38B99B#38B99B

#38B99B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.119 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B99B
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 155)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 16.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -41.94, 5.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 42.26, 172.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.1186 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.119 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8933, 37.9024, 37.0079)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B99B #B93856

analogous

#38B95B #38B99B #3896B9

triadic

#38B99B #9B38B9 #B99B38

tetradic

#38B99B #5B38B9 #B93856 #96B938

square

#38B99B #5B38B9 #B93856 #96B938

split-complementary

#38B99B #B93896 #B95B38

monochromatic

#1C5B4C #2A8A74 #38B99B #5FCFB5 #8EDDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38B99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#38B99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B99B

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B99B	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.119 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfb8',
    500: '#38b99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b99b;
$custom-light: #80cfb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.047,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70868,
    "c": 0.11936,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B99B

secondary

#C88595

accent

#4B6DDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B99B

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

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