#38B39E#38B39E

#38B39E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.111 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B39E
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 158)
HSL	hsl(170, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(170, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 11.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, -38.51, 0.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 38.53, 178.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.1111 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.111 179)
XYZ	xyz(23.9196, 35.5469, 37.9417)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B39E #B3384D

analogous

#38B360 #38B39E #388AB3

triadic

#38B39E #9E38B3 #B39E38

tetradic

#38B39E #6038B3 #B3384D #8AB338

square

#38B39E #6038B3 #B3384D #8AB338

split-complementary

#38B39E #B3388A #B36038

monochromatic

#1B564C #298475 #38B39E #5CCCB9 #8BDBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38B39E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#38B39E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B39E

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B39E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B39E	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA89D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b39e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.111 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcaba',
    500: '#38b39e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b39e;
$custom-light: #7fcaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b39e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.756,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69443,
    "c": 0.11108,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.3555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B39E

secondary

#C5828D

accent

#4C65DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B39E

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

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