#38B99F#38B99F

#38B99F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.117 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B99F
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 159)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 14.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -40.92, 3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 41.04, 175.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.1168 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.117 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2348, 38.0390, 38.8065)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B99F #B93852

analogous

#38B95F #38B99F #3893B9

triadic

#38B99F #9F38B9 #B99F38

tetradic

#38B99F #5F38B9 #B93852 #93B938

square

#38B99F #5F38B9 #B93852 #93B938

split-complementary

#38B99F #B93893 #B95F38

monochromatic

#1C5B4E #2A8A77 #38B99F #5FCFB8 #8EDDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#38B99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#38B99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B99F

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B99F	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A0A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.117 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfbb',
    500: '#38b99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b99f;
$custom-light: #80cfbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.907,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70983,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B99F

secondary

#C88593

accent

#4B68DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B99F

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

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