#38B49E#38B49E

#38B49E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.112 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B49E
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 158)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 12.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -38.96, 1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 38.99, 177.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.1121 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.112 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1207, 35.9491, 38.0088)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B49E #B4384E

analogous

#38B460 #38B49E #388CB4

triadic

#38B49E #9E38B4 #B49E38

tetradic

#38B49E #6038B4 #B4384E #8CB438

square

#38B49E #6038B4 #B4384E #8CB438

split-complementary

#38B49E #B4388C #B46038

monochromatic

#1B574C #298575 #38B49E #5DCDB9 #8BDBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#38B49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#38B49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B49E

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B49E	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA99D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.112 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbba',
    500: '#38b49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b49e;
$custom-light: #7fcbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.355,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69695,
    "c": 0.11213,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B49E

secondary

#C5828E

accent

#4C65DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B49E

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

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