#38C798#38C798

#38C798 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.138 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C798
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 152)
HSL	hsl(160, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 23.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -48.58, 12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 50.25, 165.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.1342 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.138 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7187, 43.9514, 36.7223)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C798 #C73867

analogous

#38C751 #38C798 #38AEC7

triadic

#38C798 #9838C7 #C79838

tetradic

#38C798 #5138C7 #C73867 #AEC738

square

#38C798 #5138C7 #C73867 #AEC738

split-complementary

#38C798 #C738AE #C75138

monochromatic

#1D674F #2B9774 #38C798 #68D4B1 #98E2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#38C798 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C798

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C798	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AC9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.138 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9b6',
    500: '#38c798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c798;
$custom-light: #82d9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.28,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74322,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C798

secondary

#CD8DA2

accent

#487ADF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C798

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

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