#38A481#38A481

#38A481 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.112 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A481
RGB	rgb(56, 164, 129)
HSL	hsl(161, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(161, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 21.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, -39.19, 9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 40.27, 166.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% -0.109 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.112 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8668, 28.9746, 25.3630)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A481 #A4385B

analogous

#38A44B #38A481 #3891A4

triadic

#38A481 #8138A4 #A48138

tetradic

#38A481 #4B38A4 #A4385B #91A438

square

#38A481 #4B38A4 #A4385B #91A438

split-complementary

#38A481 #A43891 #A44B38

monochromatic

#194939 #28765D #38A481 #54C5A0 #82D4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#38A481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#38A481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38A481

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A481	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0997F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918E83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 164, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.112 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc0a5',
    500: '#38a481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a481;
$custom-light: #7bc0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.556,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64783,
    "c": 0.11158,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A481

secondary

#BE7A90

accent

#4F7CD9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A481

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

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