#38B594#38B594

#38B594 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.119 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B594
RGBrgb(56, 181, 148)
HSLhsl(164, 53%, 46%)
HSVhsv(164, 69%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(69.1%, 0%, 18.2%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(66.54, -41.96, 6.99)
CIE-LCHlch(66.54, 42.54, 170.55°)
OKLaboklab(69.66% -0.1178 0.0178)
OKLCHoklch(69.66% 0.119 171.4)
XYZxyz(23.4973, 36.0240, 33.7262)
Luminance0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B594 #B53859
analogous
#38B556 #38B594 #3898B5
triadic
#38B594 #9438B5 #B59438
tetradic
#38B594 #5638B5 #B53859 #98B538
square
#38B594 #5638B5 #B53859 #98B538
split-complementary
#38B594 #B53898 #B55638
monochromatic
#1B5848 #2A866E #38B594 #5DCDAF #8CDBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56
#38B594 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21
#38B594 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B594
8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B594#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B5941.002.568.218.21
#FFFFFF2.561.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2121.001.001.00
##0000008.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0A992
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F9D96
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B7AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b594;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.119 171.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb3',
    500: '#38b594',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b594;
$custom-light: #7fccb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b594",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.16,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69658,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B594
secondary
#C68395
accent
#4C72DC
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#EFF9F6
border
#CAD2D0
text
#0B1311
muted
#7C8280

Preview Lab

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#38B594 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva