#38B390#38B390

#38B390 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.119 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B390
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 144)
HSL	hsl(163, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(163, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 19.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -42.08, 8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 42.87, 169.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.1177 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.119 170)
XYZ	xyz(22.7824, 35.0920, 31.9529)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B390 #B3385B

analogous

#38B352 #38B390 #3898B3

triadic

#38B390 #9038B3 #B39038

tetradic

#38B390 #5238B3 #B3385B #98B338

square

#38B390 #5238B3 #B3385B #98B338

split-complementary

#38B390 #B33898 #B35238

monochromatic

#1B5645 #29846A #38B390 #5CCCAC #8BDBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38B390 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#38B390 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B390

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B390	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B390	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA78E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9B92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b390;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.119 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecab0',
    500: '#38b390',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b390;
$custom-light: #7ecab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b390",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.927,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69039,
    "c": 0.11949,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.35095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B390

secondary

#C58295

accent

#4C75DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B390

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

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