#38B08F#38B08F

#38B08F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.117 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B08F
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 143)
HSL	hsl(164, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 18.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -41.03, 7.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 41.68, 169.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.115 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.117 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1116, 33.8721, 31.3539)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B08F #B03859

analogous

#38B053 #38B08F #3895B0

triadic

#38B08F #8F38B0 #B08F38

tetradic

#38B08F #5338B0 #B03859 #95B038

square

#38B08F #5338B0 #B03859 #95B038

split-complementary

#38B08F #B03895 #B05338

monochromatic

#1A5344 #298269 #38B08F #5BCBAC #89D9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#38B08F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#38B08F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B08F

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B08F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B08F	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA48D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b08f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.117 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec8af',
    500: '#38b08f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b08f;
$custom-light: #7ec8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b08f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.5,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68247,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B08F

secondary

#C48093

accent

#4D74DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B08F

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

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