#38B494#38B494

#38B494 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.118 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B494
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 148)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 17.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -41.53, 6.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 42.04, 171.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.1168 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.118 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2947, 35.6188, 33.6587)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B494 #B43858

analogous

#38B456 #38B494 #3896B4

triadic

#38B494 #9438B4 #B49438

tetradic

#38B494 #5638B4 #B43858 #96B438

square

#38B494 #5638B4 #B43858 #96B438

split-complementary

#38B494 #B43896 #B45638

monochromatic

#1B5747 #29856E #38B494 #5DCDB0 #8BDBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#38B494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#38B494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B494

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B494	1.00	2.58	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.58	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)

#AEA892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.118 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbb3',
    500: '#38b494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b494;
$custom-light: #7fcbb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.516,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69404,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B494

secondary

#C58294

accent

#4C71DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B494

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

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