#38B89E#38B89E

#38B89E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.116 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B89E
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 158)
HSL	hsl(168, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 14.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -40.74, 3.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 40.86, 175.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.1162 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.116 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9399, 37.5875, 38.2818)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B89E #B83852

analogous

#38B85E #38B89E #3892B8

triadic

#38B89E #9E38B8 #B89E38

tetradic

#38B89E #5E38B8 #B83852 #92B838

square

#38B89E #5E38B8 #B83852 #92B838

split-complementary

#38B89E #B83892 #B85E38

monochromatic

#1B5A4D #2A8976 #38B89E #5FCEB8 #8EDDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#38B89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#38B89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B89E

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B89E	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AD9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.116 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ceba',
    500: '#38b89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b89e;
$custom-light: #80ceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.813,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70702,
    "c": 0.11647,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B89E

secondary

#C78592

accent

#4B69DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B89E

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

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