#38C69B#38C69B

#38C69B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.135 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C69B
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 155)
HSL	hsl(162, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 21.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -47.46, 10.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 48.70, 167.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.1318 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.135 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7382, 43.5922, 37.9563)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C69B #C63863

analogous

#38C654 #38C69B #38AAC6

triadic

#38C69B #9B38C6 #C69B38

tetradic

#38C69B #5438C6 #C63863 #AAC638

square

#38C69B #5438C6 #C63863 #AAC638

split-complementary

#38C69B #C638AA #C65438

monochromatic

#1D6750 #2B9676 #38C69B #67D4B3 #97E2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C69B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#38C69B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C69B

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C69B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C69B	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAB9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c69b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.135 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d8b8',
    500: '#38c69b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c69b;
$custom-light: #82d8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c69b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.831,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74146,
    "c": 0.13472,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C69B

secondary

#CD8DA0

accent

#4976DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C69B

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

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