#38B185#38B185

#38B185 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.125 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B185
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 133)
HSL	hsl(158, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(158, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 24.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -43.85, 12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 45.72, 163.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% -0.1208 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.125 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5844, 33.9761, 27.6063)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B185 #B13864

analogous

#38B149 #38B185 #38A0B1

triadic

#38B185 #8538B1 #B18538

tetradic

#38B185 #4938B1 #B13864 #A0B138

square

#38B185 #4938B1 #B13864 #A0B138

split-complementary

#38B185 #B138A0 #B14938

monochromatic

#1B543F #298362 #38B185 #5BCBA2 #8ADABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#38B185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#38B185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B185

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B185	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.125 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec9a8',
    500: '#38b185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b185;
$custom-light: #7ec9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.182,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68238,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B185

secondary

#C48199

accent

#4C80DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B185

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

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