#38B89D#38B89D

#38B89D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.117 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B89D
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 157)
HSL	hsl(167, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 14.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -41.00, 3.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 41.16, 174.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.1167 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.117 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8541, 37.5532, 37.8304)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B89D #B83853

analogous

#38B85D #38B89D #3893B8

triadic

#38B89D #9D38B8 #B89D38

tetradic

#38B89D #5D38B8 #B83853 #93B838

square

#38B89D #5D38B8 #B83853 #93B838

split-complementary

#38B89D #B83893 #B85D38

monochromatic

#1B5A4D #2A8975 #38B89D #5FCEB7 #8EDDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#38B89D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#38B89D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B89D

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B89D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B89D	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b89d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.117 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ceb9',
    500: '#38b89d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b89d;
$custom-light: #80ceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b89d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.344,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70673,
    "c": 0.11704,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B89D

secondary

#C78593

accent

#4B6ADD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B89D

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

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