#38B895#38B895

#38B895 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.122 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B895
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 149)
HSL	hsl(164, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(164, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 19%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -43.01, 7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 43.71, 169.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.1204 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.122 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1934, 37.2889, 34.3504)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B895 #B8385B

analogous

#38B855 #38B895 #389BB8

triadic

#38B895 #9538B8 #B89538

tetradic

#38B895 #5538B8 #B8385B #9BB838

square

#38B895 #5538B8 #B8385B #9BB838

split-complementary

#38B895 #B8389B #B85538

monochromatic

#1B5A49 #2A896F #38B895 #5FCEB0 #8EDDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#38B895 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#38B895 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B895

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B895	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B895	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b895;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.122 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fceb4',
    500: '#38b895',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b895;
$custom-light: #7fceb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b895",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.594,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70447,
    "c": 0.12208,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B895

secondary

#C78597

accent

#4B73DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B895

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

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