#38B48E#38B48E

#38B48E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.122 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B48E
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 142)
HSL	hsl(162, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(162, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 21.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -43.00, 9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 44.06, 167.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.1196 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.122 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8321, 35.4337, 31.2220)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B48E #B4385E

analogous

#38B450 #38B48E #389CB4

triadic

#38B48E #8E38B4 #B48E38

tetradic

#38B48E #5038B4 #B4385E #9CB438

square

#38B48E #5038B4 #B4385E #9CB438

split-complementary

#38B48E #B4389C #B45038

monochromatic

#1B5744 #298569 #38B48E #5DCDAA #8BDBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38B48E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#38B48E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B48E

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B48E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B48E	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)

#AFA88C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9C91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b48e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.122 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbaf',
    500: '#38b48e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b48e;
$custom-light: #7fcbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b48e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.613,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6924,
    "c": 0.12216,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B48E

secondary

#C58297

accent

#4C78DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B48E

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

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