#38B18B#38B18B

#38B18B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.121 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B18B
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 139)
HSL	hsl(161, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(161, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 21.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, -42.43, 9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 43.56, 166.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% -0.118 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.121 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0108, 34.1467, 29.8520)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B18B #B1385E

analogous

#38B14E #38B18B #389AB1

triadic

#38B18B #8B38B1 #B18B38

tetradic

#38B18B #4E38B1 #B1385E #9AB138

square

#38B18B #4E38B1 #B1385E #9AB138

split-complementary

#38B18B #B1389A #B14E38

monochromatic

#1B5442 #298366 #38B18B #5BCBA8 #8ADAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38B18B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#38B18B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B18B

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B18B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B18B	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C998E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b18b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.121 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec9ac',
    500: '#38b18b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b18b;
$custom-light: #7ec9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b18b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.157,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68394,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B18B

secondary

#C48196

accent

#4C79DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B18B

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

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