#38B49C#38B49C

#38B49C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.113 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B49C
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 156)
HSL	hsl(168, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 13.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -39.49, 2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 39.56, 176.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.113 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.113 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9499, 35.8808, 37.1095)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B49C #B43850

analogous

#38B45E #38B49C #388EB4

triadic

#38B49C #9C38B4 #B49C38

tetradic

#38B49C #5E38B4 #B43850 #8EB438

square

#38B49C #5E38B4 #B43850 #8EB438

split-complementary

#38B49C #B4388E #B45E38

monochromatic

#1B574B #298574 #38B49C #5DCDB7 #8BDBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#38B49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B49C

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B49C	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA99B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.113 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbb9',
    500: '#38b49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b49c;
$custom-light: #7fcbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.387,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69635,
    "c": 0.11318,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B49C

secondary

#C5828F

accent

#4C68DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B49C

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

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