#38B69F#38B69F

#38B69F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.114 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B69F
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 159)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 12.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -39.59, 1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 39.63, 177.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.1137 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.114 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6138, 36.7970, 38.5995)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B69F #B6384F

analogous

#38B660 #38B69F #388EB6

triadic

#38B69F #9F38B6 #B69F38

tetradic

#38B69F #6038B6 #B6384F #8EB638

square

#38B69F #6038B6 #B6384F #8EB638

split-complementary

#38B69F #B6388E #B66038

monochromatic

#1B584D #2A8776 #38B69F #5ECDB9 #8DDCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#38B69F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#38B69F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B69F

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B69F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B69F	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAB9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b69f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.114 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccbb',
    500: '#38b69f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b69f;
$custom-light: #80ccbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b69f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.048,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70229,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B69F

secondary

#C68490

accent

#4B66DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B69F

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

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