#38B094#38B094

#38B094 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.113 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B094
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 148)
HSL	hsl(166, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 15.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -39.77, 4.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 40.05, 173.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% -0.1126 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.113 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4989, 34.0270, 33.3934)
Luminance	0.3403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B094 #B03854

analogous

#38B058 #38B094 #3890B0

triadic

#38B094 #9438B0 #B09438

tetradic

#38B094 #5838B0 #B03854 #90B038

square

#38B094 #5838B0 #B03854 #90B038

split-complementary

#38B094 #B03890 #B05838

monochromatic

#1A5346 #29826D #38B094 #5BCBB1 #89D9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#38B094 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#38B094 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B094

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B094	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B094	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b094;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.113 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec8b3',
    500: '#38b094',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b094;
$custom-light: #7ec8b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b094",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68388,
    "c": 0.11327,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B094

secondary

#C48090

accent

#4D6EDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B094

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

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