#38B69B#38B69B

#38B69B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.116 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B69B
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 155)
HSL	hsl(167, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(167, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 14.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -40.63, 3.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 40.81, 174.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.1156 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.116 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2723, 36.6604, 36.8010)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B69B #B63853

analogous

#38B65C #38B69B #3892B6

triadic

#38B69B #9B38B6 #B69B38

tetradic

#38B69B #5C38B6 #B63853 #92B638

square

#38B69B #5C38B6 #B63853 #92B638

split-complementary

#38B69B #B63892 #B65C38

monochromatic

#1B584B #2A8773 #38B69B #5ECDB5 #8DDCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#38B69B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#38B69B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B69B

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B69B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B69B	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)

#AFAB9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b69b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.116 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb8',
    500: '#38b69b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b69b;
$custom-light: #7fccb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b69b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.143,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7011,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B69B

secondary

#C68492

accent

#4B6ADC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B69B

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

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