#38B19B#38B19B

#38B19B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.110 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B19B
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 155)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 12.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -38.41, 1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 38.44, 177.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.1104 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.11 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2665, 34.6490, 36.4657)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B19B #B1384E

analogous

#38B15E #38B19B #388AB1

triadic

#38B19B #9B38B1 #B19B38

tetradic

#38B19B #5E38B1 #B1384E #8AB138

square

#38B19B #5E38B1 #B1384E #8AB138

split-complementary

#38B19B #B1388A #B15E38

monochromatic

#1B544A #298372 #38B19B #5BCBB7 #8ADACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#38B19B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#38B19B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B19B

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B19B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B19B	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA69A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b19b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.110 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9b8',
    500: '#38b19b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b19b;
$custom-light: #7fc9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b19b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68848,
    "c": 0.11045,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B19B

secondary

#C4818D

accent

#4C66DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B19B

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

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