#38B49A#38B49A

#38B49A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.114 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B49A
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 154)
HSL	hsl(167, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(167, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 14.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -40.01, 3.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 40.15, 175.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.114 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.114 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7820, 35.8137, 36.2249)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B49A #B43852

analogous

#38B45C #38B49A #3890B4

triadic

#38B49A #9A38B4 #B49A38

tetradic

#38B49A #5C38B4 #B43852 #90B438

square

#38B49A #5C38B4 #B43852 #90B438

split-complementary

#38B49A #B43890 #B45C38

monochromatic

#1B574A #298572 #38B49A #5DCDB5 #8BDBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#38B49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B49A

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B49A	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.114 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbb7',
    500: '#38b49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b49a;
$custom-light: #7fcbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.419,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69576,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B49A

secondary

#C58290

accent

#4C6ADC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B49A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →