#38B59F#38B59F

#38B59F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.113 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B59F
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 159)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 12.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -39.15, 1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 39.17, 178.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.1127 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.113 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4097, 36.3889, 38.5315)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B59F #B5384E

analogous

#38B561 #38B59F #388DB5

triadic

#38B59F #9F38B5 #B59F38

tetradic

#38B59F #6138B5 #B5384E #8DB538

square

#38B59F #6138B5 #B5384E #8DB538

split-complementary

#38B59F #B5388D #B56138

monochromatic

#1B584D #2A8676 #38B59F #5DCDB9 #8CDBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#38B59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#38B59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B59F

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B59F	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.113 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccbb',
    500: '#38b59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b59f;
$custom-light: #80ccbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.44,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69977,
    "c": 0.1127,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B59F

secondary

#C6838F

accent

#4C65DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B59F

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

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