#38C998#38C998

#38C998 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.141 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C998
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 152)
HSL	hsl(160, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 24.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -49.40, 13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 51.26, 164.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.1362 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.141 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1819, 44.8778, 36.8767)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C998 #C93869

analogous

#38C94F #38C998 #38B1C9

triadic

#38C998 #9838C9 #C99838

tetradic

#38C998 #4F38C9 #C93869 #B1C938

square

#38C998 #4F38C9 #C93869 #B1C938

split-complementary

#38C998 #C938B1 #C94F38

monochromatic

#1D6A50 #2A9A74 #38C998 #68D6B1 #98E3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38C998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#38C998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C998

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C998	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.141 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dab6',
    500: '#38c998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c998;
$custom-light: #82dab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.724,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74827,
    "c": 0.14064,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C998

secondary

#CF8EA4

accent

#477BE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C998

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

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