#38B59D#38B59D

#38B59D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.114 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B59D
RGBrgb(56, 181, 157)
HSLhsl(168, 53%, 46%)
HSVhsv(168, 69%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(69.1%, 0%, 13.3%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(66.76, -39.67, 2.35)
CIE-LCHlch(66.76, 39.74, 176.61°)
OKLaboklab(69.92% -0.1136 0.0056)
OKLCHoklch(69.92% 0.114 177.2)
XYZxyz(24.2376, 36.3201, 37.6248)
Luminance0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B59D #B53850
analogous
#38B55F #38B59D #388FB5
triadic
#38B59D #9D38B5 #B59D38
tetradic
#38B59D #5F38B5 #B53850 #8FB538
square
#38B59D #5F38B5 #B53850 #8FB538
split-complementary
#38B59D #B5388F #B55F38
monochromatic
#1B584C #2A8674 #38B59D #5DCDB8 #8CDBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54
#38B59D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26
#38B59D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B59D
8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B59D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B59D1.002.548.268.26
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2621.001.001.00
##0000008.2621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AEAA9C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9D9D9F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B8AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.114 177.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb9',
    500: '#38b59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b59d;
$custom-light: #7fccb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.48,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69917,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B59D
secondary
#C68390
accent
#4C67DC
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F9F6
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0B1311
muted
#7C8280

Preview Lab

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#38B59D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva