#38B495#38B495

#38B495 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.117 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B495
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 149)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 17.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -41.28, 6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 41.71, 171.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.1163 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.117 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3742, 35.6506, 34.0773)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B495 #B43857

analogous

#38B457 #38B495 #3895B4

triadic

#38B495 #9538B4 #B49538

tetradic

#38B495 #5738B4 #B43857 #95B438

square

#38B495 #5738B4 #B43857 #95B438

split-complementary

#38B495 #B43895 #B45738

monochromatic

#1B5748 #29856E #38B495 #5DCDB1 #8BDBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#38B495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#38B495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B495

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B495	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.117 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbb4',
    500: '#38b495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b495;
$custom-light: #7fcbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69432,
    "c": 0.11733,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B495

secondary

#C58293

accent

#4C70DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B495

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

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