#38B99E#38B99E

#38B99E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.118 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B99E
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 158)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 14.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -41.18, 3.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 41.34, 174.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.1172 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.118 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1483, 38.0044, 38.3513)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B99E #B93853

analogous

#38B95E #38B99E #3894B9

triadic

#38B99E #9E38B9 #B99E38

tetradic

#38B99E #5E38B9 #B93853 #94B938

square

#38B99E #5E38B9 #B93853 #94B938

split-complementary

#38B99E #B93894 #B95E38

monochromatic

#1C5B4E #2A8A76 #38B99E #5FCFB7 #8EDDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#38B99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#38B99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B99E

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B99E	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A0A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.118 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfba',
    500: '#38b99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b99e;
$custom-light: #80cfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.442,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70954,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B99E

secondary

#C88593

accent

#4B69DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B99E

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

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