#38B38E#38B38E

#38B38E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.121 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B38E
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 142)
HSL	hsl(162, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(162, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 20.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -42.57, 9.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 43.55, 167.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.1186 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.121 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6309, 35.0314, 31.1550)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B38E #B3385D

analogous

#38B350 #38B38E #389AB3

triadic

#38B38E #8E38B3 #B38E38

tetradic

#38B38E #5038B3 #B3385D #9AB338

square

#38B38E #5038B3 #B3385D #9AB338

split-complementary

#38B38E #B3389A #B35038

monochromatic

#1B5644 #298469 #38B38E #5CCCAA #8BDBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38B38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#38B38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B38E

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B38E	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)

#AEA78C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.121 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecaaf',
    500: '#38b38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b38e;
$custom-light: #7ecaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.951,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68985,
    "c": 0.12092,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B38E

secondary

#C58296

accent

#4C77DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B38E

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

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