#38B194#38B194

#38B194 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.114 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B194
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 148)
HSL	hsl(166, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 16.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -40.21, 5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 40.55, 172.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.1137 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.114 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6956, 34.4206, 33.4590)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B194 #B13855

analogous

#38B157 #38B194 #3891B1

triadic

#38B194 #9438B1 #B19438

tetradic

#38B194 #5738B1 #B13855 #91B138

square

#38B194 #5738B1 #B13855 #91B138

split-complementary

#38B194 #B13891 #B15738

monochromatic

#1B5446 #29836D #38B194 #5BCBB0 #8ADAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38B194 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#38B194 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B194

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B194	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B194	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#ABA693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b194;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.114 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec9b3',
    500: '#38b194',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b194;
$custom-light: #7ec9b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b194",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.62,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68642,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B194

secondary

#C48191

accent

#4C6FDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B194

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

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