#38B281#38B281

#38B281 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.130 H 162.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B281
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 129)
HSL	hsl(156, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(156, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 27.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -45.17, 15.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 47.75, 161.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.1238 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.13 162.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5115, 34.2641, 26.2446)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B281 #B23869

analogous

#38B244 #38B281 #38A6B2

triadic

#38B281 #8138B2 #B28138

tetradic

#38B281 #4438B2 #B23869 #A6B238

square

#38B281 #4438B2 #B23869 #A6B238

split-complementary

#38B281 #B238A6 #B24438

monochromatic

#1B553E #29835F #38B281 #5CCC9F #8ADABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#38B281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#38B281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B281

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B281	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#AFA57E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.130 162.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecaa5',
    500: '#38b281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b281;
$custom-light: #7ecaa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.902,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68397,
    "c": 0.12992,
    "h": 162.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B281

secondary

#C5819C

accent

#4C86DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B281

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

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