#38B191#38B191

#38B191 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.116 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B191
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 145)
HSL	hsl(164, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 18.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, -40.97, 6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 41.52, 170.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.1151 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.116 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4613, 34.3268, 32.2246)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B191 #B13858

analogous

#38B154 #38B191 #3894B1

triadic

#38B191 #9138B1 #B19138

tetradic

#38B191 #5438B1 #B13858 #94B138

square

#38B191 #5438B1 #B13858 #94B138

split-complementary

#38B191 #B13894 #B15438

monochromatic

#1B5445 #29836B #38B191 #5BCBAD #8ADAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#38B191 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#38B191 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B191

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B191	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B191	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)

#ACA58F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b191;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.116 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec9b1',
    500: '#38b191',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b191;
$custom-light: #7ec9b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b191",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.132,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68557,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B191

secondary

#C48193

accent

#4C72DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F5

border

#CAD1CF

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B191

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

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