#38B69D#38B69D

#38B69D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.115 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B69D
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 157)
HSL	hsl(168, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 13.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -40.12, 2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 40.21, 176.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.1146 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.115 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4416, 36.7282, 37.6929)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B69D #B63851

analogous

#38B65E #38B69D #3890B6

triadic

#38B69D #9D38B6 #B69D38

tetradic

#38B69D #5E38B6 #B63851 #90B638

square

#38B69D #5E38B6 #B63851 #90B638

split-complementary

#38B69D #B63890 #B65E38

monochromatic

#1B584C #2A8775 #38B69D #5ECDB7 #8DDCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#38B69D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#38B69D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B69D

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B69D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B69D	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAB9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b69d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.115 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccb9',
    500: '#38b69d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b69d;
$custom-light: #80ccb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b69d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.095,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70169,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B69D

secondary

#C68491

accent

#4B68DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B69D

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

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