#38B29A#38B29A

#38B29A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.112 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B29A
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 154)
HSL	hsl(168, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 13.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -39.12, 2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 39.20, 176.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.1119 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.112 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3812, 35.0120, 36.0913)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B29A #B23850

analogous

#38B25D #38B29A #388DB2

triadic

#38B29A #9A38B2 #B29A38

tetradic

#38B29A #5D38B2 #B23850 #8DB238

square

#38B29A #5D38B2 #B23850 #8DB238

split-complementary

#38B29A #B2388D #B25D38

monochromatic

#1B5549 #298372 #38B29A #5CCCB6 #8ADACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38B29A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#38B29A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B29A

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B29A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B29A	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b29a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.112 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcab7',
    500: '#38b29a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b29a;
$custom-light: #7fcab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b29a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.197,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69071,
    "c": 0.11206,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B29A

secondary

#C5818F

accent

#4C68DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B29A

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

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