#38B09D#38B09D

#38B09D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.108 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B09D
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 157)
HSL	hsl(171, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 10.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, -37.42, 0.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 37.42, 179.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.1084 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.108 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2391, 34.3231, 37.2920)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B09D #B0384B

analogous

#38B061 #38B09D #3887B0

triadic

#38B09D #9D38B0 #B09D38

tetradic

#38B09D #6138B0 #B0384B #87B038

square

#38B09D #6138B0 #B0384B #87B038

split-complementary

#38B09D #B03887 #B06138

monochromatic

#1A534A #298274 #38B09D #5BCBB9 #89D9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#38B09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#38B09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B09D

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B09D	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A69C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97999F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.108 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc8b9',
    500: '#38b09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b09d;
$custom-light: #7fc8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.5,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68657,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B09D

secondary

#C4808B

accent

#4D63DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B09D

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

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