#38B286#38B286

#38B286 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.126 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B286
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 134)
HSL	hsl(158, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(158, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 24.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -44.04, 12.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 45.89, 163.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.1214 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.126 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8520, 34.4003, 28.0379)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B286 #B23864

analogous

#38B249 #38B286 #38A1B2

triadic

#38B286 #8638B2 #B28638

tetradic

#38B286 #4938B2 #B23864 #A1B238

square

#38B286 #4938B2 #B23864 #A1B238

split-complementary

#38B286 #B238A1 #B24938

monochromatic

#1B5540 #298363 #38B286 #5CCCA3 #8ADABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38B286 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#38B286 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B286

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B286	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B286	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b286;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.126 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecaa9',
    500: '#38b286',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b286;
$custom-light: #7ecaa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b286",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.361,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68521,
    "c": 0.12579,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B286

secondary

#C5819A

accent

#4C80DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B286

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

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