#38B184#38B184

#38B184 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.126 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B184
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 132)
HSL	hsl(158, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(158, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 25.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -44.08, 13.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 46.09, 162.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.1213 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.126 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5156, 33.9486, 27.2441)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B184 #B13865

analogous

#38B147 #38B184 #38A1B1

triadic

#38B184 #8438B1 #B18438

tetradic

#38B184 #4738B1 #B13865 #A1B138

square

#38B184 #4738B1 #B13865 #A1B138

split-complementary

#38B184 #B138A1 #B14738

monochromatic

#1B543F #298361 #38B184 #5BCBA1 #8ADABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#38B184 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#38B184 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B184

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B184	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B184	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b184;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.126 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec9a7',
    500: '#38b184',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b184;
$custom-light: #7ec9a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b184",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.686,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68213,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B184

secondary

#C4819A

accent

#4C82DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B184

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

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