#38C598#38C598

#38C598 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.136 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C598
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 152)
HSL	hsl(161, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 22.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -47.76, 11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 49.24, 165.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.1322 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.136 167)
XYZ	xyz(27.2616, 43.0371, 36.5699)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C598 #C53865

analogous

#38C552 #38C598 #38ACC5

triadic

#38C598 #9838C5 #C59838

tetradic

#38C598 #5238C5 #C53865 #ACC538

square

#38C598 #5238C5 #C53865 #ACC538

split-complementary

#38C598 #C538AC #C55238

monochromatic

#1D664E #2A9573 #38C598 #67D4B1 #96E1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#38C598 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C598

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C598	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.136 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7b6',
    500: '#38c598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c598;
$custom-light: #82d7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.851,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73817,
    "c": 0.13572,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.4304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C598

secondary

#CD8CA1

accent

#4979DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C598

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

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