#38B39B#38B39B

#38B39B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.113 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B39B
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 155)
HSL	hsl(168, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 13.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -39.30, 2.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 39.38, 176.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.1125 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.113 177)
XYZ	xyz(23.6645, 35.4448, 36.5984)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B39B #B33850

analogous

#38B35D #38B39B #388DB3

triadic

#38B39B #9B38B3 #B39B38

tetradic

#38B39B #5D38B3 #B33850 #8DB338

square

#38B39B #5D38B3 #B33850 #8DB338

split-complementary

#38B39B #B3388D #B35D38

monochromatic

#1B564A #298473 #38B39B #5CCCB6 #8BDBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38B39B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#38B39B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B39B

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B39B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B39B	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b39b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.113 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcab8',
    500: '#38b39b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b39b;
$custom-light: #7fcab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b39b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.293,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69353,
    "c": 0.11262,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.35448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B39B

secondary

#C5828F

accent

#4C68DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B39B

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

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