#38B093#38B093

#38B093 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.114 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B093
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 147)
HSL	hsl(166, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 16.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -40.02, 5.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 40.37, 172.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.1131 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.114 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4200, 33.9955, 32.9783)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B093 #B03855

analogous

#38B057 #38B093 #3891B0

triadic

#38B093 #9338B0 #B09338

tetradic

#38B093 #5738B0 #B03855 #91B038

square

#38B093 #5738B0 #B03855 #91B038

split-complementary

#38B093 #B03891 #B05738

monochromatic

#1A5345 #29826C #38B093 #5BCBB0 #89D9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#38B093 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#38B093 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B093

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B093	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B093	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA592

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b093;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.114 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec8b2',
    500: '#38b093',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b093;
$custom-light: #7ec8b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b093",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.5,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68359,
    "c": 0.11389,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B093

secondary

#C48090

accent

#4D6FDB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F5

border

#CAD1CF

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B093

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

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