#38B595#38B595

#38B595 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.119 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B595
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 149)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 17.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -41.71, 6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 42.21, 171.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.1174 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.119 172)
XYZ	xyz(23.5768, 36.0558, 34.1448)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B595 #B53858

analogous

#38B557 #38B595 #3897B5

triadic

#38B595 #9538B5 #B59538

tetradic

#38B595 #5738B5 #B53858 #97B538

square

#38B595 #5738B5 #B53858 #97B538

split-complementary

#38B595 #B53897 #B55738

monochromatic

#1B5848 #2A866F #38B595 #5DCDB0 #8CDBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#38B595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#38B595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B595

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B595	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)

#AFA993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.119 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb4',
    500: '#38b595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b595;
$custom-light: #7fccb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.64,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69686,
    "c": 0.11851,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.36058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B595

secondary

#C68394

accent

#4C71DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B595

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

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