#38B09A#38B09A

#38B09A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.110 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B09A
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 154)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 12.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -38.22, 1.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 38.25, 177.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% -0.1098 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.11 178)
XYZ	xyz(22.9861, 34.2219, 35.9597)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B09A #B0384E

analogous

#38B05E #38B09A #388AB0

triadic

#38B09A #9A38B0 #B09A38

tetradic

#38B09A #5E38B0 #B0384E #8AB038

square

#38B09A #5E38B0 #B0384E #8AB038

split-complementary

#38B09A #B0388A #B05E38

monochromatic

#1A5349 #298271 #38B09A #5BCBB6 #89D9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38B09A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#38B09A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B09A

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B09A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B09A	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98999C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b09a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.110 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec8b7',
    500: '#38b09a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b09a;
$custom-light: #7ec8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b09a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68565,
    "c": 0.10987,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.34225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B09A

secondary

#C4808D

accent

#4D67DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B09A

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

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