#38B29F#38B29F

#38B29F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.110 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B29F
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 159)
HSL	hsl(171, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(171, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 10.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -37.80, -0.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 37.80, 180.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.1096 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.11 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8063, 35.1820, 38.3303)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B29F #B2384B

analogous

#38B262 #38B29F #3888B2

triadic

#38B29F #9F38B2 #B29F38

tetradic

#38B29F #6238B2 #B2384B #88B238

square

#38B29F #6238B2 #B2384B #88B238

split-complementary

#38B29F #B23888 #B26238

monochromatic

#1B554C #298375 #38B29F #5CCCBA #8ADACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38B29F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#38B29F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B29F

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B29F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B29F	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA79E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999BA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b29f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.110 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9bb',
    500: '#38b29f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b29f;
$custom-light: #7fc9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b29f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.656,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69222,
    "c": 0.10956,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B29F

secondary

#C5818C

accent

#4C63DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B29F

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

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