#38B193#38B193

#38B193 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.115 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B193
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 147)
HSL	hsl(165, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 16.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -40.47, 5.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 40.87, 171.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.1142 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.115 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6168, 34.3891, 33.0439)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B193 #B13856

analogous

#38B156 #38B193 #3892B1

triadic

#38B193 #9338B1 #B19338

tetradic

#38B193 #5638B1 #B13856 #92B138

square

#38B193 #5638B1 #B13856 #92B138

split-complementary

#38B193 #B13892 #B15638

monochromatic

#1B5446 #29836C #38B193 #5BCBAF #8ADAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#38B193 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#38B193 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B193

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B193	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B193	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b193;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.115 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec9b2',
    500: '#38b193',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b193;
$custom-light: #7ec9b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b193",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.124,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68614,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B193

secondary

#C48191

accent

#4C70DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F5

border

#CAD1CF

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B193

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

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