#38B294#38B294

#38B294 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.116 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B294
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 148)
HSL	hsl(165, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 16.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, -40.65, 5.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 41.04, 172.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.1147 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.116 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8939, 34.8171, 33.5250)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B294 #B23856

analogous

#38B257 #38B294 #3893B2

triadic

#38B294 #9438B2 #B29438

tetradic

#38B294 #5738B2 #B23856 #93B238

square

#38B294 #5738B2 #B23856 #93B238

split-complementary

#38B294 #B23893 #B25738

monochromatic

#1B5547 #29836D #38B294 #5CCCB0 #8ADAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#38B294 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#38B294 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B294

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B294	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B294	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)

#ACA793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b294;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.116 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecab3',
    500: '#38b294',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b294;
$custom-light: #7ecab3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b294",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.246,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68896,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B294

secondary

#C58192

accent

#4C6FDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B294

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

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