#38B090#38B090

#38B090 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.116 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B090
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 144)
HSL	hsl(164, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 18.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, -40.78, 6.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 41.34, 170.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.1145 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.116 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1877, 33.9026, 31.7547)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B090 #B03858

analogous

#38B054 #38B090 #3894B0

triadic

#38B090 #9038B0 #B09038

tetradic

#38B090 #5438B0 #B03858 #94B038

square

#38B090 #5438B0 #B03858 #94B038

split-complementary

#38B090 #B03894 #B05438

monochromatic

#1A5344 #29826A #38B090 #5BCBAD #89D9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#38B090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#38B090 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B090

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B090	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)

#ABA48E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9992

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.116 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec8b0',
    500: '#38b090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b090;
$custom-light: #7ec8b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68275,
    "c": 0.11585,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B090

secondary

#C48092

accent

#4D73DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B090

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

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