#38C898#38C898

#38C898 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.139 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C898
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 152)
HSL	hsl(160, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 24%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -48.99, 13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 50.76, 164.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.1352 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.139 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9495, 44.4130, 36.7992)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C898 #C83868

analogous

#38C850 #38C898 #38B0C8

triadic

#38C898 #9838C8 #C89838

tetradic

#38C898 #5038C8 #C83868 #B0C838

square

#38C898 #5038C8 #C83868 #B0C838

split-complementary

#38C898 #C838B0 #C85038

monochromatic

#1D694F #2A9974 #38C898 #68D5B1 #98E3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#38C898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#38C898 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C898

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C898	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.139 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9b6',
    500: '#38c898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c898;
$custom-light: #82d9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74574,
    "c": 0.13941,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C898

secondary

#CE8EA3

accent

#487BE0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C898

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

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