#38B29D#38B29D

#38B29D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.111 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B29D
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 157)
HSL	hsl(170, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(170, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 11.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -38.33, 1.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 38.34, 178.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.1105 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.111 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6341, 35.1132, 37.4237)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B29D #B2384D

analogous

#38B260 #38B29D #388AB2

triadic

#38B29D #9D38B2 #B29D38

tetradic

#38B29D #6038B2 #B2384D #8AB238

square

#38B29D #6038B2 #B2384D #8AB238

split-complementary

#38B29D #B2388A #B26038

monochromatic

#1B554B #298374 #38B29D #5CCCB8 #8ADACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38B29D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#38B29D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B29D

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B29D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B29D	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b29d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.111 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9b9',
    500: '#38b29d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b29d;
$custom-light: #7fc9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b29d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.672,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69161,
    "c": 0.11051,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B29D

secondary

#C5818D

accent

#4C65DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B29D

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

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