#38B09B#38B09B

#38B09B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.109 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B09B
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 155)
HSL	hsl(170, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 11.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -37.96, 1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 37.97, 178.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.1093 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.109 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0698, 34.2554, 36.4001)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B09B #B0384D

analogous

#38B05F #38B09B #3889B0

triadic

#38B09B #9B38B0 #B09B38

tetradic

#38B09B #5F38B0 #B0384D #89B038

square

#38B09B #5F38B0 #B0384D #89B038

split-complementary

#38B09B #B03889 #B05F38

monochromatic

#1A5349 #298272 #38B09B #5BCBB7 #89D9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#38B09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#38B09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B09B

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B09B	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#A9A59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98999D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.109 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc8b8',
    500: '#38b09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b09b;
$custom-light: #7fc8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.5,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68595,
    "c": 0.10937,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B09B

secondary

#C4808C

accent

#4D66DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B09B

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

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