#38B394#38B394

#38B394 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.117 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B394
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 148)
HSL	hsl(165, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 17.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -41.09, 6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 41.54, 171.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.1158 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.117 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0936, 35.2165, 33.5916)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B394 #B33857

analogous

#38B356 #38B394 #3894B3

triadic

#38B394 #9438B3 #B39438

tetradic

#38B394 #5638B3 #B33857 #94B338

square

#38B394 #5638B3 #B33857 #94B338

split-complementary

#38B394 #B33894 #B35638

monochromatic

#1B5647 #29846D #38B394 #5CCCB0 #8BDBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38B394 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#38B394 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B394

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B394	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B394	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)

#ADA793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b394;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.117 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcab3',
    500: '#38b394',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b394;
$custom-light: #7fcab3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b394",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.878,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6915,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B394

secondary

#C58293

accent

#4C70DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B394

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

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