#38B080#38B080

#38B080 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.128 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B080
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 128)
HSL	hsl(156, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(156, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 27.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -44.56, 15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 47.06, 161.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% -0.1222 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.128 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0503, 33.4476, 25.7645)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B080 #B03868

analogous

#38B044 #38B080 #38A4B0

triadic

#38B080 #8038B0 #B08038

tetradic

#38B080 #4438B0 #B03868 #A4B038

square

#38B080 #4438B0 #B03868 #A4B038

split-complementary

#38B080 #B038A4 #B04438

monochromatic

#1A533C #29825E #38B080 #5BCB9E #89D9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#38B080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#38B080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B080

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B080	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA37D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.128 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc8a5',
    500: '#38b080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b080;
$custom-light: #7dc8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67857,
    "c": 0.12813,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B080

secondary

#C4809B

accent

#4D86DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B080

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

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