#38B28A#38B28A

#38B28A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.123 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B28A
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 138)
HSL	hsl(160, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(160, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 22.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -43.10, 10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 44.44, 165.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.1195 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.123 167)
XYZ	xyz(22.1363, 34.5140, 29.5351)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B28A #B23860

analogous

#38B24D #38B28A #389DB2

triadic

#38B28A #8A38B2 #B28A38

tetradic

#38B28A #4D38B2 #B23860 #9DB238

square

#38B28A #4D38B2 #B23860 #9DB238

split-complementary

#38B28A #B2389D #B24D38

monochromatic

#1B5542 #298366 #38B28A #5CCCA7 #8ADAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38B28A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#38B28A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B28A

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B28A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B28A	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b28a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.123 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecaac',
    500: '#38b28a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b28a;
$custom-light: #7ecaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b28a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.328,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68623,
    "c": 0.12265,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.34517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B28A

secondary

#C58197

accent

#4C7BDC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B28A

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

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