#38B181#38B181

#38B181 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.129 H 162.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B181
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 129)
HSL	hsl(156, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(156, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 27.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -44.76, 15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 47.22, 161.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.1227 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.129 162.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3133, 33.8677, 26.1785)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B181 #B13868

analogous

#38B144 #38B181 #38A4B1

triadic

#38B181 #8138B1 #B18138

tetradic

#38B181 #4438B1 #B13868 #A4B138

square

#38B181 #4438B1 #B13868 #A4B138

split-complementary

#38B181 #B138A4 #B14438

monochromatic

#1B543D #29835F #38B181 #5BCB9F #8ADABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#38B181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#38B181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B181

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B181	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA47E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.129 162.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec9a5',
    500: '#38b181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b181;
$custom-light: #7ec9a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.198,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68139,
    "c": 0.1286,
    "h": 162.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B181

secondary

#C4819B

accent

#4C85DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B181

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

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