#38B39F#38B39F

#38B39F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.111 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B39F
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 159)
HSL	hsl(170, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(170, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 11.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -38.25, 0.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 38.25, 179.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.1106 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.111 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0060, 35.5814, 38.3969)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B39F #B3384C

analogous

#38B361 #38B39F #3889B3

triadic

#38B39F #9F38B3 #B39F38

tetradic

#38B39F #6138B3 #B3384C #89B338

square

#38B39F #6138B3 #B3384C #89B338

split-complementary

#38B39F #B33889 #B36138

monochromatic

#1B564C #298476 #38B39F #5CCCBA #8BDBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38B39F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#38B39F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B39F

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B39F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B39F	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA89E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b39f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.111 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcabb',
    500: '#38b39f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b39f;
$custom-light: #7fcabb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b39f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.244,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69474,
    "c": 0.11059,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B39F

secondary

#C5828D

accent

#4C63DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B39F

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

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