#38B19E#38B19E

#38B19E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.109 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B19E
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 158)
HSL	hsl(171, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 10.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -37.61, 0.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 37.61, 179.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.109 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.109 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5216, 34.7510, 37.8091)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B19E #B1384B

analogous

#38B162 #38B19E #3887B1

triadic

#38B19E #9E38B1 #B19E38

tetradic

#38B19E #6238B1 #B1384B #87B138

square

#38B19E #6238B1 #B1384B #87B138

split-complementary

#38B19E #B13887 #B16238

monochromatic

#1B544B #298374 #38B19E #5BCBBA #8ADACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#38B19E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#38B19E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B19E

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B19E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B19E	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A79D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b19e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.109 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9ba',
    500: '#38b19e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b19e;
$custom-light: #7fc9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b19e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.579,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6894,
    "c": 0.10899,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B19E

secondary

#C4818B

accent

#4C63DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B19E

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

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