#38C698#38C698

#38C698 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.137 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C698
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 152)
HSL	hsl(161, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 23.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -48.17, 12.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 49.74, 165.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.1332 0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.137 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4894, 43.4927, 36.6458)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C698 #C63866

analogous

#38C651 #38C698 #38ADC6

triadic

#38C698 #9838C6 #C69838

tetradic

#38C698 #5138C6 #C63866 #ADC638

square

#38C698 #5138C6 #C63866 #ADC638

split-complementary

#38C698 #C638AD #C65138

monochromatic

#1D674F #2B9673 #38C698 #67D4B1 #97E2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#38C698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C698

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C698	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.137 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d8b6',
    500: '#38c698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c698;
$custom-light: #82d8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.563,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74069,
    "c": 0.13695,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C698

secondary

#CD8DA2

accent

#4979DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C698

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

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