#38B693#38B693

#38B693 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.121 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B693
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 147)
HSL	hsl(163, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(163, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 19.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -42.64, 7.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 43.37, 169.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.1193 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.121 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6226, 36.4006, 33.3792)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B693 #B6385B

analogous

#38B654 #38B693 #389AB6

triadic

#38B693 #9338B6 #B69338

tetradic

#38B693 #5438B6 #B6385B #9AB638

square

#38B693 #5438B6 #B6385B #9AB638

split-complementary

#38B693 #B6389A #B65438

monochromatic

#1B5847 #2A876D #38B693 #5ECDAE #8DDCC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#38B693 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#38B693 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B693

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B693	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B693	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)

#B1AA91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b693;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.121 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb2',
    500: '#38b693',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b693;
$custom-light: #7fccb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b693",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.333,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69885,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B693

secondary

#C68496

accent

#4B74DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F5

border

#CAD2CF

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B693

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

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