#38B59C#38B59C

#38B59C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.114 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B59C
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 156)
HSL	hsl(168, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 13.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -39.93, 2.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 40.03, 175.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.1141 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.114 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1526, 36.2860, 37.1771)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B59C #B53851

analogous

#38B55E #38B59C #3890B5

triadic

#38B59C #9C38B5 #B59C38

tetradic

#38B59C #5E38B5 #B53851 #90B538

square

#38B59C #5E38B5 #B53851 #90B538

split-complementary

#38B59C #B53890 #B55E38

monochromatic

#1B584B #2A8674 #38B59C #5DCDB7 #8CDBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#38B59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#38B59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B59C

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B59C	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.114 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb9',
    500: '#38b59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b59c;
$custom-light: #7fccb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69887,
    "c": 0.11427,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B59C

secondary

#C68390

accent

#4C69DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B59C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →