#38B08B#38B08B

#38B08B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.119 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B08B
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 139)
HSL	hsl(162, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(162, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 21%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -42.00, 9.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 43.05, 167.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.1169 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.119 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8140, 33.7531, 29.7864)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B08B #B0385D

analogous

#38B04F #38B08B #3899B0

triadic

#38B08B #8B38B0 #B08B38

tetradic

#38B08B #4F38B0 #B0385D #99B038

square

#38B08B #4F38B0 #B0385D #99B038

split-complementary

#38B08B #B03899 #B04F38

monochromatic

#1A5342 #298266 #38B08B #5BCBA8 #89D9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#38B08B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#38B08B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B08B

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B08B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B08B	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B988D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b08b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.119 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec8ac',
    500: '#38b08b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b08b;
$custom-light: #7ec8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b08b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.5,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68138,
    "c": 0.11938,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B08B

secondary

#C48095

accent

#4D79DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B08B

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

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