#38B092#38B092

#38B092 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.115 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B092
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 146)
HSL	hsl(165, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 17%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -40.28, 5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 40.69, 171.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.1136 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.115 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.3419, 33.9642, 32.5668)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B092 #B03856

analogous

#38B056 #38B092 #3892B0

triadic

#38B092 #9238B0 #B09238

tetradic

#38B092 #5638B0 #B03856 #92B038

square

#38B092 #5638B0 #B03856 #92B038

split-complementary

#38B092 #B03892 #B05638

monochromatic

#1A5345 #29826B #38B092 #5BCBAF #89D9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#38B092 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#38B092 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B092

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B092	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B092	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b092;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.115 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec8b2',
    500: '#38b092',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b092;
$custom-light: #7ec8b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b092",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68331,
    "c": 0.11453,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B092

secondary

#C48091

accent

#4D70DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F5

border

#CAD1CF

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B092

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

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