#38B892#38B892

#38B892 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.124 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B892
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 146)
HSL	hsl(162, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(162, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 20.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -43.74, 9.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 44.73, 167.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.1219 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.124 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9570, 37.1943, 33.1052)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B892 #B8385E

analogous

#38B852 #38B892 #389EB8

triadic

#38B892 #9238B8 #B89238

tetradic

#38B892 #5238B8 #B8385E #9EB838

square

#38B892 #5238B8 #B8385E #9EB838

split-complementary

#38B892 #B8389E #B85238

monochromatic

#1B5A48 #2A896D #38B892 #5FCEAD #8EDDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B892 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#38B892 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B892

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B892	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B892	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29F95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b892;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.124 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fceb2',
    500: '#38b892',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b892;
$custom-light: #7fceb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b892",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.188,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70366,
    "c": 0.12419,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B892

secondary

#C78598

accent

#4B76DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B892

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

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