#38B082#38B082

#38B082 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.126 H 163.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B082
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 130)
HSL	hsl(157, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(157, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 26.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -44.11, 14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 46.31, 162.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.1212 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.126 163.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1833, 33.5008, 26.4647)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B082 #B03866

analogous

#38B046 #38B082 #38A2B0

triadic

#38B082 #8238B0 #B08238

tetradic

#38B082 #4638B0 #B03866 #A2B038

square

#38B082 #4638B0 #B03866 #A2B038

split-complementary

#38B082 #B038A2 #B04638

monochromatic

#1A533D #298260 #38B082 #5BCBA0 #89D9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#38B082 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#38B082 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B082

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B082	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B082	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA37F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b082;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.126 163.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc8a6',
    500: '#38b082',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b082;
$custom-light: #7dc8a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b082",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67906,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 163.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B082

secondary

#C4809A

accent

#4D83DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B082

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

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