#38BB9E#38BB9E

#38BB9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.120 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB9E
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 158)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 15.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -42.05, 4.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 42.30, 173.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.1193 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.12 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5697, 38.8471, 38.4918)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB9E #BB3855

analogous

#38BB5D #38BB9E #3896BB

triadic

#38BB9E #9E38BB #BB9E38

tetradic

#38BB9E #5D38BB #BB3855 #96BB38

square

#38BB9E #5D38BB #BB3855 #96BB38

split-complementary

#38BB9E #BB3896 #BB5D38

monochromatic

#1C5D4E #2A8C76 #38BB9E #61D0B7 #90DECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#38BB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#38BB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB9E

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB9E	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AF9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.120 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0ba',
    500: '#38bb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb9e;
$custom-light: #80d0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.718,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71458,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB9E

secondary

#C88695

accent

#4B6BDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB9E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →