#38B18F#38B18F

#38B18F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.118 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B18F
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 143)
HSL	hsl(163, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(163, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 19.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -41.46, 7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 42.19, 169.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.1161 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.118 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3084, 34.2657, 31.4195)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B18F #B1385A

analogous

#38B152 #38B18F #3896B1

triadic

#38B18F #8F38B1 #B18F38

tetradic

#38B18F #5238B1 #B1385A #96B138

square

#38B18F #5238B1 #B1385A #96B138

split-complementary

#38B18F #B13896 #B15238

monochromatic

#1B5444 #298369 #38B18F #5BCBAC #8ADAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#38B18F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#38B18F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B18F

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B18F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B18F	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)

#ACA58D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b18f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.118 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec9af',
    500: '#38b18f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b18f;
$custom-light: #7ec9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b18f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.14,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68502,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B18F

secondary

#C48194

accent

#4C75DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B18F

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

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