#38A69A#38A69A

#38A69A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.100 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A69A
RGB	rgb(56, 166, 154)
HSL	hsl(173, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(173, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 7.2%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, -33.62, -2.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 33.75, 184.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0993 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.1 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0971, 30.4439, 35.3300)
Luminance	0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A69A #A63844

analogous

#38A663 #38A69A #387BA6

triadic

#38A69A #9A38A6 #A69A38

tetradic

#38A69A #6338A6 #A63844 #7BA638

square

#38A69A #6338A6 #A63844 #7BA638

split-complementary

#38A69A #A6387B #A66338

monochromatic

#194A45 #297870 #38A69A #55C6BA #83D5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#38A69A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#38A69A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A69A

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A69A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A69A	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E919B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a69a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 166, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.100 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc1b7',
    500: '#38a69a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a69a;
$custom-light: #7dc1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a69a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.455,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66039,
    "c": 0.09964,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A69A

secondary

#BF7B82

accent

#4F5ED9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A69A

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

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