#38B893#38B893

#38B893 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.123 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B893
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 147)
HSL	hsl(163, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 20.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -43.50, 8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 44.38, 168.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.1214 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.123 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0351, 37.2256, 33.5167)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B893 #B8385D

analogous

#38B853 #38B893 #389DB8

triadic

#38B893 #9338B8 #B89338

tetradic

#38B893 #5338B8 #B8385D #9DB838

square

#38B893 #5338B8 #B8385D #9DB838

split-complementary

#38B893 #B8389D #B85338

monochromatic

#1B5A48 #2A896E #38B893 #5FCEAE #8EDDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B893 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#38B893 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B893

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B893	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B893	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29F96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b893;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.123 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fceb2',
    500: '#38b893',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b893;
$custom-light: #7fceb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b893",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.656,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70393,
    "c": 0.12348,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B893

secondary

#C78598

accent

#4B75DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B893

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

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