#38C198#38C198

#38C198 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.131 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C198
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 152)
HSL	hsl(162, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(162, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 21.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -46.10, 10.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 47.22, 167.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.1282 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.131 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3653, 41.2446, 36.2712)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C198 #C13861

analogous

#38C154 #38C198 #38A6C1

triadic

#38C198 #9838C1 #C19838

tetradic

#38C198 #5438C1 #C13861 #A6C138

square

#38C198 #5438C1 #C13861 #A6C138

split-complementary

#38C198 #C138A6 #C15438

monochromatic

#1C624D #2A9273 #38C198 #64D2B1 #94E0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38C198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#38C198 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C198

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C198	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.131 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4b6',
    500: '#38c198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c198;
$custom-light: #81d4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.044,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72806,
    "c": 0.13084,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C198

secondary

#CB8A9D

accent

#4976DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C198

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

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