#38AD80#38AD80

#38AD80 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.124 H 163.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AD80
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 128)
HSL	hsl(157, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(157, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 26%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, -43.30, 13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 45.45, 162.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.08% -0.119 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(67.08% 0.124 163.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4686, 32.2842, 25.5706)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AD80 #AD3865

analogous

#38AD45 #38AD80 #38A0AD

triadic

#38AD80 #8038AD #AD8038

tetradic

#38AD80 #4538AD #AD3865 #A0AD38

square

#38AD80 #4538AD #AD3865 #A0AD38

split-complementary

#38AD80 #AD38A0 #AD4538

monochromatic

#1A513C #297F5E #38AD80 #59C99E #87D8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#38AD80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#38AD80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AD80

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AD80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AD80	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA17D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9583

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ad80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.124 163.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc6a5',
    500: '#38ad80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ad80;
$custom-light: #7dc6a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ad80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.923,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67082,
    "c": 0.12416,
    "h": 163.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AD80

secondary

#C27F99

accent

#4D84DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AD80

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

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