#38B18E#38B18E

#38B18E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.118 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B18E
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 142)
HSL	hsl(163, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(163, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 19.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -41.71, 8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 42.52, 168.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.1165 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.118 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2330, 34.2355, 31.0223)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B18E #B1385B

analogous

#38B152 #38B18E #3897B1

triadic

#38B18E #8E38B1 #B18E38

tetradic

#38B18E #5238B1 #B1385B #97B138

square

#38B18E #5238B1 #B1385B #97B138

split-complementary

#38B18E #B13897 #B15238

monochromatic

#1B5443 #298369 #38B18E #5BCBAB #8ADAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38B18E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#38B18E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B18E

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B18E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B18E	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)

#ACA58C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b18e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.118 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec9af',
    500: '#38b18e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b18e;
$custom-light: #7ec9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b18e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.645,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68475,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B18E

secondary

#C48194

accent

#4C76DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B18E

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

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