#38C098#38C098

#38C098 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.130 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C098
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 152)
HSL	hsl(162, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(162, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 20.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -45.68, 9.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 46.72, 167.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.1272 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.13 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1450, 40.8040, 36.1977)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C098 #C03860

analogous

#38C054 #38C098 #38A4C0

triadic

#38C098 #9838C0 #C09838

tetradic

#38C098 #5438C0 #C03860 #A4C038

square

#38C098 #5438C0 #C03860 #A4C038

split-complementary

#38C098 #C038A4 #C05438

monochromatic

#1C614D #2A9172 #38C098 #64D2B1 #93DFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38C098 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#38C098 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C098

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C098	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C098	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c098;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.130 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4b6',
    500: '#38c098',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c098;
$custom-light: #81d4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c098",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.353,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72554,
    "c": 0.12963,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C098

secondary

#CB899C

accent

#4A75DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C098

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

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