#38B39A#38B39A

#38B39A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.113 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B39A
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 154)
HSL	hsl(168, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 14%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -39.56, 3.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 39.67, 175.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.1129 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.113 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5808, 35.4114, 36.1579)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B39A #B33851

analogous

#38B35C #38B39A #388EB3

triadic

#38B39A #9A38B3 #B39A38

tetradic

#38B39A #5C38B3 #B33851 #8EB338

square

#38B39A #5C38B3 #B33851 #8EB338

split-complementary

#38B39A #B3388E #B35C38

monochromatic

#1B564A #298472 #38B39A #5CCCB5 #8BDBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38B39A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#38B39A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B39A

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B39A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B39A	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b39a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.113 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcab7',
    500: '#38b39a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b39a;
$custom-light: #7fcab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b39a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.805,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69323,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B39A

secondary

#C5828F

accent

#4C69DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B39A

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

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