#38B99D#38B99D

#38B99D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.118 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B99D
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 157)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 15.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -41.44, 4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 41.64, 174.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.1177 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.118 175)
XYZ	xyz(25.0626, 37.9701, 37.8999)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B99D #B93854

analogous

#38B95D #38B99D #3894B9

triadic

#38B99D #9D38B9 #B99D38

tetradic

#38B99D #5D38B9 #B93854 #94B938

square

#38B99D #5D38B9 #B93854 #94B938

split-complementary

#38B99D #B93894 #B95D38

monochromatic

#1C5B4D #2A8A75 #38B99D #5FCFB7 #8EDDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#38B99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#38B99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B99D

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B99D	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.118 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfb9',
    500: '#38b99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b99d;
$custom-light: #80cfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.977,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70925,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.37973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B99D

secondary

#C88594

accent

#4B6BDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B99D

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

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