#38B59A#38B59A

#38B59A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.115 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B59A
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 154)
HSL	hsl(167, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(167, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 14.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -40.45, 3.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 40.63, 174.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.115 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.115 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9846, 36.2189, 36.2925)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B59A #B53853

analogous

#38B55C #38B59A #3892B5

triadic

#38B59A #9A38B5 #B59A38

tetradic

#38B59A #5C38B5 #B53853 #92B538

square

#38B59A #5C38B5 #B53853 #92B538

split-complementary

#38B59A #B53892 #B55C38

monochromatic

#1B584A #2A8672 #38B59A #5DCDB5 #8CDBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38B59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#38B59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B59A

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B59A	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.115 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb7',
    500: '#38b59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b59a;
$custom-light: #7fccb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.04,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69829,
    "c": 0.11541,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B59A

secondary

#C68391

accent

#4C6BDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B59A

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

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