#38C09B#38C09B

#38C09B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.128 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C09B
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 155)
HSL	hsl(164, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(164, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 19.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -44.95, 8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 45.70, 169.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.1258 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.128 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3938, 40.9035, 37.5081)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C09B #C0385D

analogous

#38C057 #38C09B #38A1C0

triadic

#38C09B #9B38C0 #C09B38

tetradic

#38C09B #5738C0 #C0385D #A1C038

square

#38C09B #5738C0 #C0385D #A1C038

split-complementary

#38C09B #C038A1 #C05738

monochromatic

#1C614E #2A9175 #38C09B #64D2B4 #93DFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38C09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#38C09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C09B

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C09B	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.128 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4b8',
    500: '#38c09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c09b;
$custom-light: #81d4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.676,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72634,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C09B

secondary

#CB899B

accent

#4A72DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C09B

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

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