#38B28E#38B28E

#38B28E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.120 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B28E
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 142)
HSL	hsl(162, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(162, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 20.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -42.14, 8.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 43.04, 168.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.1176 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.12 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4312, 34.6320, 31.0884)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B28E #B2385C

analogous

#38B251 #38B28E #3899B2

triadic

#38B28E #8E38B2 #B28E38

tetradic

#38B28E #5138B2 #B2385C #99B238

square

#38B28E #5138B2 #B2385C #99B238

split-complementary

#38B28E #B23899 #B25138

monochromatic

#1B5544 #298369 #38B28E #5CCCAB #8ADAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#38B28E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#38B28E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B28E

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B28E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B28E	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)

#ADA68C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b28e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.120 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecaaf',
    500: '#38b28e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b28e;
$custom-light: #7ecaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b28e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.295,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6873,
    "c": 0.11968,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B28E

secondary

#C58195

accent

#4C77DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B28E

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

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