#38B19F#38B19F

#38B19F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.109 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B19F
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 159)
HSL	hsl(171, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 10.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, -37.34, -0.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 37.35, 180.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.1085 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.109 181)
XYZ	xyz(23.6080, 34.7856, 38.2642)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B19F #B1384A

analogous

#38B162 #38B19F #3886B1

triadic

#38B19F #9F38B1 #B19F38

tetradic

#38B19F #6238B1 #B1384A #86B138

square

#38B19F #6238B1 #B1384A #86B138

split-complementary

#38B19F #B13886 #B16238

monochromatic

#1B544B #298375 #38B19F #5BCBBA #8ADACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#38B19F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#38B19F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B19F

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B19F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B19F	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A79E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b19f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.109 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9bb',
    500: '#38b19f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b19f;
$custom-light: #7fc9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b19f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.074,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68971,
    "c": 0.10854,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.34788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B19F

secondary

#C4818B

accent

#4C62DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B19F

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

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