#38B09C#38B09C

#38B09C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.109 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B09C
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 156)
HSL	hsl(170, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 11.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -37.69, 0.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 37.70, 179.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.1089 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.109 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1541, 34.2891, 36.8442)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B09C #B0384C

analogous

#38B060 #38B09C #3888B0

triadic

#38B09C #9C38B0 #B09C38

tetradic

#38B09C #6038B0 #B0384C #88B038

square

#38B09C #6038B0 #B0384C #88B038

split-complementary

#38B09C #B03888 #B06038

monochromatic

#1A534A #298273 #38B09C #5BCBB8 #89D9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#38B09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#38B09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B09C

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B09C	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A69B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98999E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.109 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc8b9',
    500: '#38b09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b09c;
$custom-light: #7fc8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68626,
    "c": 0.10888,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B09C

secondary

#C4808B

accent

#4D64DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B09C

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

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