#38B38B#38B38B

#38B38B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.123 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B38B
RGBrgb(56, 179, 139)
HSLhsl(160, 52%, 46%)
HSVhsv(160, 69%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(68.7%, 0%, 22.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(65.70, -43.29, 10.75)
CIE-LCHlch(65.70, 44.60, 166.05°)
OKLaboklab(68.91% -0.12 0.0275)
OKLCHoklch(68.91% 0.123 167.1)
XYZxyz(22.4087, 34.9425, 29.9847)
Luminance0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B38B #B33860
analogous
#38B34D #38B38B #389DB3
triadic
#38B38B #8B38B3 #B38B38
tetradic
#38B38B #4D38B3 #B33860 #9DB338
square
#38B38B #4D38B3 #B33860 #9DB338
split-complementary
#38B38B #B3389D #B34D38
monochromatic
#1B5643 #298467 #38B38B #5CCCA8 #8BDBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63
#38B38B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99
#38B38B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B38B
7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B38B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B38B1.002.637.997.99
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9921.001.001.00
##0000007.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFA789
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9E9B8E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B4A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b38b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.123 167.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecaad',
    500: '#38b38b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b38b;
$custom-light: #7ecaad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b38b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.488,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68905,
    "c": 0.12315,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B38B
secondary
#C58298
accent
#4C7BDC
background
#F8FCFA
surface
#EFF8F4
border
#CAD1CE
text
#0B1310
muted
#7C827F

Preview Lab

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#38B38B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva