#38B59E#38B59E

#38B59E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.113 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B59E
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 158)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 12.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -39.41, 1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 39.45, 177.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.1131 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.113 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3233, 36.3543, 38.0763)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B59E #B5384F

analogous

#38B560 #38B59E #388EB5

triadic

#38B59E #9E38B5 #B59E38

tetradic

#38B59E #6038B5 #B5384F #8EB538

square

#38B59E #6038B5 #B5384F #8EB538

split-complementary

#38B59E #B5388E #B56038

monochromatic

#1B584C #2A8675 #38B59E #5DCDB8 #8CDBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#38B59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#38B59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B59E

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B59E	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.113 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccba',
    500: '#38b59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b59e;
$custom-light: #7fccba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.96,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69947,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B59E

secondary

#C6838F

accent

#4C66DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B59E

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

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