#38A992#38A992

#38A992 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.106 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A992
RGB	rgb(56, 169, 146)
HSL	hsl(168, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 13.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, -37.15, 2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 37.25, 175.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% -0.1062 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.106 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0046, 31.2897, 32.1211)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A992 #A9384F

analogous

#38A95A #38A992 #3888A9

triadic

#38A992 #9238A9 #A99238

tetradic

#38A992 #5A38A9 #A9384F #88A938

square

#38A992 #5A38A9 #A9384F #88A938

split-complementary

#38A992 #A93888 #A95A38

monochromatic

#1A4D43 #297B6A #38A992 #57C7B0 #85D7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#38A992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#38A992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A992

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A992	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 169, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.106 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc3b1',
    500: '#38a992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a992;
$custom-light: #7dc3b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.788,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66549,
    "c": 0.10641,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A992

secondary

#C07C8A

accent

#4E6ADA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F5

border

#CAD1CF

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A992

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

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