#38B69C#38B69C

#38B69C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.115 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B69C
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 156)
HSL	hsl(168, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 14.3%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, -40.37, 3.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 40.51, 175.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.1151 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.115 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3566, 36.6942, 37.2451)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B69C #B63852

analogous

#38B65D #38B69C #3891B6

triadic

#38B69C #9C38B6 #B69C38

tetradic

#38B69C #5D38B6 #B63852 #91B638

square

#38B69C #5D38B6 #B63852 #91B638

split-complementary

#38B69C #B63891 #B65D38

monochromatic

#1B584C #2A8774 #38B69C #5ECDB6 #8DDCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#38B69C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#38B69C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B69C

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B69C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B69C	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAB9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b69c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.115 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb9',
    500: '#38b69c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b69c;
$custom-light: #7fccb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b69c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.619,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7014,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B69C

secondary

#C68491

accent

#4B69DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B69C

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

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