#38B59B#38B59B

#38B59B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.115 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B59B
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 155)
HSL	hsl(168, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 14.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -40.19, 3.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 40.33, 175.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.1145 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.115 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0682, 36.2523, 36.7329)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B59B #B53852

analogous

#38B55D #38B59B #3891B5

triadic

#38B59B #9B38B5 #B59B38

tetradic

#38B59B #5D38B5 #B53852 #91B538

square

#38B59B #5D38B5 #B53852 #91B538

split-complementary

#38B59B #B53891 #B55D38

monochromatic

#1B584B #2A8673 #38B59B #5DCDB6 #8CDBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38B59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#38B59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B59B

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B59B	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.115 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb8',
    500: '#38b59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b59b;
$custom-light: #7fccb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.52,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69858,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B59B

secondary

#C68391

accent

#4C6ADC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B59B

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

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