#38B49F#38B49F

#38B49F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.112 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B49F
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 159)
HSL	hsl(170, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(170, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 11.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -38.70, 0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 38.71, 178.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.1116 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.112 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2071, 35.9837, 38.4639)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B49F #B4384D

analogous

#38B461 #38B49F #388BB4

triadic

#38B49F #9F38B4 #B49F38

tetradic

#38B49F #6138B4 #B4384D #8BB438

square

#38B49F #6138B4 #B4384D #8BB438

split-complementary

#38B49F #B4388B #B46138

monochromatic

#1B574D #298576 #38B49F #5DCDBA #8BDBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#38B49F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#38B49F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B49F

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B49F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B49F	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA99E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b49f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.112 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbbb',
    500: '#38b49f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b49f;
$custom-light: #7fcbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b49f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.839,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69725,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B49F

secondary

#C5828E

accent

#4C64DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B49F

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

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