#38B388#38B388

#38B388 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.125 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B388
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 136)
HSL	hsl(159, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(159, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 24%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -43.99, 12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 45.68, 164.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.1215 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.125 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1925, 34.8560, 28.8461)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B388 #B33863

analogous

#38B34A #38B388 #38A0B3

triadic

#38B388 #8838B3 #B38838

tetradic

#38B388 #4A38B3 #B33863 #A0B338

square

#38B388 #4A38B3 #B33863 #A0B338

split-complementary

#38B388 #B338A0 #B34A38

monochromatic

#1B5641 #298465 #38B388 #5CCCA5 #8BDBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#38B388 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#38B388 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B388

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B388	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B388	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b388;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.125 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecaaa',
    500: '#38b388',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b388;
$custom-light: #7ecaaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b388",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.024,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68828,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B388

secondary

#C58299

accent

#4C7EDC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B388

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

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