#38B593#38B593

#38B593 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.120 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B593
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 147)
HSL	hsl(164, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(164, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 18.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -42.21, 7.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 42.87, 169.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.1183 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.12 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4185, 35.9924, 33.3111)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B593 #B5385A

analogous

#38B555 #38B593 #3899B5

triadic

#38B593 #9338B5 #B59338

tetradic

#38B593 #5538B5 #B5385A #99B538

square

#38B593 #5538B5 #B5385A #99B538

split-complementary

#38B593 #B53899 #B55538

monochromatic

#1B5847 #2A866D #38B593 #5DCDAF #8CDBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#38B593 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#38B593 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B593

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B593	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B593	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)

#B0A991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b593;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.120 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb2',
    500: '#38b593',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b593;
$custom-light: #7fccb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b593",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.68,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6963,
    "c": 0.11985,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B593

secondary

#C68395

accent

#4C73DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F5

border

#CAD2CF

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B593

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

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