#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
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 148)
HSL	hsl(164, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(164, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 18.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -41.96, 6.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 42.54, 170.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.1178 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.119 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4973, 36.0240, 33.7262)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38B594	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38B594

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

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