#38B994#38B994

#38B994 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.124 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B994
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 148)
HSL	hsl(163, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 20%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -43.68, 8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 44.55, 168.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.1219 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.124 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3224, 37.6740, 34.0012)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B994 #B9385D

analogous

#38B954 #38B994 #389DB9

triadic

#38B994 #9438B9 #B99438

tetradic

#38B994 #5438B9 #B9385D #9DB938

square

#38B994 #5438B9 #B9385D #9DB938

split-complementary

#38B994 #B9389D #B95438

monochromatic

#1C5B49 #2A8A6E #38B994 #5FCFAF #8EDDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#38B994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#38B994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B994

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B994	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.124 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfb3',
    500: '#38b994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b994;
$custom-light: #80cfb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.791,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70674,
    "c": 0.12399,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B994

secondary

#C88598

accent

#4B75DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B994

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

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