#38B39D#38B39D

#38B39D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.112 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B39D
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 157)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 12.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -38.78, 1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 38.81, 177.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.1115 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.112 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8338, 35.5126, 37.4903)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B39D #B3384E

analogous

#38B35F #38B39D #388BB3

triadic

#38B39D #9D38B3 #B39D38

tetradic

#38B39D #5F38B3 #B3384E #8BB338

square

#38B39D #5F38B3 #B3384E #8BB338

split-complementary

#38B39D #B3388B #B35F38

monochromatic

#1B564B #298474 #38B39D #5CCCB8 #8BDBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38B39D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#38B39D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B39D

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B39D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B39D	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b39d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.112 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcab9',
    500: '#38b39d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b39d;
$custom-light: #7fcab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b39d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.268,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69413,
    "c": 0.11158,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B39D

secondary

#C5828E

accent

#4C66DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B39D

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

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