#38B9A2#38B9A2

#38B9A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.115 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9A2
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 162)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 12.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -40.14, 1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 40.17, 177.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.1154 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.115 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4982, 38.1444, 40.1942)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9A2 #B9384F

analogous

#38B961 #38B9A2 #3890B9

triadic

#38B9A2 #A238B9 #B9A238

tetradic

#38B9A2 #6138B9 #B9384F #90B938

square

#38B9A2 #6138B9 #B9384F #90B938

split-complementary

#38B9A2 #B93890 #B96138

monochromatic

#1C5B50 #2A8A79 #38B9A2 #5FCFBB #8EDDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38B9A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#38B9A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9A2

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9A2	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AEA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A1A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.115 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfbd',
    500: '#38b9a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9a2;
$custom-light: #80cfbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.302,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71072,
    "c": 0.11542,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9A2

secondary

#C88591

accent

#4B65DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9A2

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

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