#38B288#38B288

#38B288 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.124 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B288
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 136)
HSL	hsl(159, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(159, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 23.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, -43.57, 11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 45.16, 164.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% -0.1204 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.124 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.9928, 34.4567, 28.7795)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B288 #B23862

analogous

#38B24B #38B288 #389FB2

triadic

#38B288 #8838B2 #B28838

tetradic

#38B288 #4B38B2 #B23862 #9FB238

square

#38B288 #4B38B2 #B23862 #9FB238

split-complementary

#38B288 #B2389F #B24B38

monochromatic

#1B5541 #298364 #38B288 #5CCCA5 #8ADABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38B288 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#38B288 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B288

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B288	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B288	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b288;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.124 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecaaa',
    500: '#38b288',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b288;
$custom-light: #7ecaaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b288",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.344,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68572,
    "c": 0.1242,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B288

secondary

#C58198

accent

#4C7EDC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B288

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

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