#38B183#38B183

#38B183 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.127 H 163.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B183
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 131)
HSL	hsl(157, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(157, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 26%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -44.30, 14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 46.47, 162.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.1218 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.127 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4475, 33.9213, 26.8855)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B183 #B13866

analogous

#38B146 #38B183 #38A2B1

triadic

#38B183 #8338B1 #B18338

tetradic

#38B183 #4638B1 #B13866 #A2B138

square

#38B183 #4638B1 #B13866 #A2B138

split-complementary

#38B183 #B138A2 #B14638

monochromatic

#1B543E #298361 #38B183 #5BCBA1 #8ADABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#38B183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#38B183 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B183

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B183	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.127 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec9a7',
    500: '#38b183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b183;
$custom-light: #7ec9a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.19,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68188,
    "c": 0.12693,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B183

secondary

#C4819A

accent

#4C83DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B183

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

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