#38B280#38B280

#38B280 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.131 H 161.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B280
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 128)
HSL	hsl(155, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(155, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 28.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -45.39, 16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 48.13, 160.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% -0.1243 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.131 161.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4454, 34.2377, 25.8962)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B280 #B2386A

analogous

#38B243 #38B280 #38A7B2

triadic

#38B280 #8038B2 #B28038

tetradic

#38B280 #4338B2 #B2386A #A7B238

square

#38B280 #4338B2 #B2386A #A7B238

split-complementary

#38B280 #B238A7 #B24338

monochromatic

#1B553D #29835F #38B280 #5CCC9E #8ADAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38B280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#38B280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B280

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B280	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA57D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.131 161.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecaa5',
    500: '#38b280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b280;
$custom-light: #7ecaa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.41,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68373,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 161.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B280

secondary

#C5819D

accent

#4C87DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B280

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

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