#38B49D#38B49D

#38B49D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.113 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B49D
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 157)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 12.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -39.23, 1.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 39.27, 177.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.1126 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.113 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0350, 35.9149, 37.5573)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B49D #B4384F

analogous

#38B45F #38B49D #388DB4

triadic

#38B49D #9D38B4 #B49D38

tetradic

#38B49D #5F38B4 #B4384F #8DB438

square

#38B49D #5F38B4 #B4384F #8DB438

split-complementary

#38B49D #B4388D #B45F38

monochromatic

#1B574C #298574 #38B49D #5DCDB8 #8BDBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#38B49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B49D

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B49D	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)

#ADA99C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.113 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbb9',
    500: '#38b49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b49d;
$custom-light: #7fcbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.871,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69665,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B49D

secondary

#C5828F

accent

#4C67DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B49D

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

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