#38B69A#38B69A

#38B69A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.117 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B69A
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 154)
HSL	hsl(167, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(167, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 15.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -40.89, 4.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 41.12, 173.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.116 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.117 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1887, 36.6270, 36.3605)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B69A #B63854

analogous

#38B65B #38B69A #3893B6

triadic

#38B69A #9A38B6 #B69A38

tetradic

#38B69A #5B38B6 #B63854 #93B638

square

#38B69A #5B38B6 #B63854 #93B638

split-complementary

#38B69A #B63893 #B65B38

monochromatic

#1B584B #2A8772 #38B69A #5ECDB5 #8DDCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#38B69A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#38B69A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B69A

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B69A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B69A	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b69a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.117 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb7',
    500: '#38b69a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b69a;
$custom-light: #7fccb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b69a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70081,
    "c": 0.11654,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B69A

secondary

#C68492

accent

#4B6CDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B69A

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

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