#38BB98#38BB98

#38BB98 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.124 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB98
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 152)
HSL	hsl(164, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 18.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -43.56, 7.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 44.21, 170.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.1221 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.124 171)
XYZ	xyz(25.0658, 38.6455, 35.8380)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB98 #BB385B

analogous

#38BB56 #38BB98 #389DBB

triadic

#38BB98 #9838BB #BB9838

tetradic

#38BB98 #5638BB #BB385B #9DBB38

square

#38BB98 #5638BB #BB385B #9DBB38

split-complementary

#38BB98 #BB389D #BB5638

monochromatic

#1C5D4B #2A8C72 #38BB98 #61D0B2 #90DEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38BB98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#38BB98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB98

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB98	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A29A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.124 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0b6',
    500: '#38bb98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb98;
$custom-light: #80d0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.969,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71289,
    "c": 0.12363,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.38648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB98

secondary

#C88698

accent

#4B72DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB98

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

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