#38B29B#38B29B

#38B29B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.112 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B29B
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 155)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 12.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -38.85, 2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 38.91, 177.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% -0.1114 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.112 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4648, 35.0454, 36.5318)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B29B #B2384F

analogous

#38B25E #38B29B #388CB2

triadic

#38B29B #9B38B2 #B29B38

tetradic

#38B29B #5E38B2 #B2384F #8CB238

square

#38B29B #5E38B2 #B2384F #8CB238

split-complementary

#38B29B #B2388C #B25E38

monochromatic

#1B554A #298372 #38B29B #5CCCB6 #8ADACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38B29B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#38B29B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B29B

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B29B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B29B	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b29b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.112 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcab8',
    500: '#38b29b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b29b;
$custom-light: #7fcab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b29b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.689,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.691,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B29B

secondary

#C5818E

accent

#4C67DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B29B

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

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