#38B190#38B190

#38B190 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.117 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B190
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 144)
HSL	hsl(164, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 18.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -41.21, 7.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 41.85, 169.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% -0.1156 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.117 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3845, 34.2961, 31.8203)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B190 #B13859

analogous

#38B153 #38B190 #3895B1

triadic

#38B190 #9038B1 #B19038

tetradic

#38B190 #5338B1 #B13859 #95B138

square

#38B190 #5338B1 #B13859 #95B138

split-complementary

#38B190 #B13895 #B15338

monochromatic

#1B5444 #29836A #38B190 #5BCBAD #8ADAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#38B190 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#38B190 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B190

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B190	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B190	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)

#ACA58E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9992

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b190;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.117 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec9b0',
    500: '#38b190',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b190;
$custom-light: #7ec9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b190",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.636,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68529,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B190

secondary

#C48193

accent

#4C73DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B190

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

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