#38AF85#38AF85

#38AF85 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.123 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AF85
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 133)
HSL	hsl(159, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(159, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 24%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, -43.00, 12.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 44.67, 164.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.1187 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.123 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.1922, 33.1918, 27.4755)
Luminance	0.3319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AF85 #AF3862

analogous

#38AF4A #38AF85 #389DAF

triadic

#38AF85 #8538AF #AF8538

tetradic

#38AF85 #4A38AF #AF3862 #9DAF38

square

#38AF85 #4A38AF #AF3862 #9DAF38

split-complementary

#38AF85 #AF389D #AF4A38

monochromatic

#1A523F #298162 #38AF85 #5ACAA3 #88D9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#38AF85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#38AF85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AF85

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AF85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AF85	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38af85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.123 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc8a8',
    500: '#38af85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38af85;
$custom-light: #7dc8a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38af85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.824,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67724,
    "c": 0.12271,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AF85

secondary

#C38097

accent

#4D7FDB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AF85

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

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