#38B19D#38B19D

#38B19D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.109 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B19D
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 157)
HSL	hsl(170, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(170, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 11.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -37.88, 0.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 37.88, 179.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.1094 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.109 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4359, 34.7167, 37.3576)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B19D #B1384C

analogous

#38B161 #38B19D #3888B1

triadic

#38B19D #9D38B1 #B19D38

tetradic

#38B19D #6138B1 #B1384C #88B138

square

#38B19D #6138B1 #B1384C #88B138

split-complementary

#38B19D #B13888 #B16138

monochromatic

#1B544B #298374 #38B19D #5BCBB9 #8ADACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#38B19D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#38B19D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B19D

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B19D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B19D	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA69C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b19d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.109 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9b9',
    500: '#38b19d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b19d;
$custom-light: #7fc9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b19d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.083,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68909,
    "c": 0.10945,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B19D

secondary

#C4818C

accent

#4C64DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B19D

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

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