#38B89A#38B89A

#38B89A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.119 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B89A
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 154)
HSL	hsl(166, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 16.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -41.76, 5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 42.09, 172.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.1181 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.119 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6012, 37.4520, 36.4980)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B89A #B83856

analogous

#38B85A #38B89A #3896B8

triadic

#38B89A #9A38B8 #B89A38

tetradic

#38B89A #5A38B8 #B83856 #96B838

square

#38B89A #5A38B8 #B83856 #96B838

split-complementary

#38B89A #B83896 #B85A38

monochromatic

#1B5A4B #2A8973 #38B89A #5FCEB4 #8EDDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#38B89A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#38B89A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B89A

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B89A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B89A	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b89a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.119 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ceb7',
    500: '#38b89a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b89a;
$custom-light: #80ceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b89a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.938,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70587,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B89A

secondary

#C78594

accent

#4B6DDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B89A

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

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