#38B385#38B385

#38B385 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.128 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B385
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 133)
HSL	hsl(158, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(158, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 25.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -44.69, 13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 46.78, 162.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.1229 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.128 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.9823, 34.7720, 27.7389)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B385 #B33866

analogous

#38B347 #38B385 #38A3B3

triadic

#38B385 #8538B3 #B38538

tetradic

#38B385 #4738B3 #B33866 #A3B338

square

#38B385 #4738B3 #B33866 #A3B338

split-complementary

#38B385 #B338A3 #B34738

monochromatic

#1B5640 #298462 #38B385 #5CCCA2 #8BDBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#38B385 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#38B385 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B385

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B385	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B385	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b385;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.128 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecaa8',
    500: '#38b385',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b385;
$custom-light: #7ecaa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b385",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.561,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68752,
    "c": 0.1279,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B385

secondary

#C5829B

accent

#4C82DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B385

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

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