#38C39B#38C39B

#38C39B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.131 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C39B
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 155)
HSL	hsl(163, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(163, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 20.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -46.21, 9.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 47.20, 168.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.1288 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.131 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0593, 42.2344, 37.7299)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C39B #C33860

analogous

#38C356 #38C39B #38A6C3

triadic

#38C39B #9B38C3 #C39B38

tetradic

#38C39B #5638C3 #C33860 #A6C338

square

#38C39B #5638C3 #C33860 #A6C338

split-complementary

#38C39B #C338A6 #C35638

monochromatic

#1D644F #2A9375 #38C39B #65D3B3 #95E1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38C39B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#38C39B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C39B

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C39B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C39B	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA89E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c39b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.131 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6b8',
    500: '#38c39b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c39b;
$custom-light: #82d6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c39b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.734,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7339,
    "c": 0.1311,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C39B

secondary

#CC8B9E

accent

#4974DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C39B

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

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