#38B391#38B391

#38B391 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.119 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B391
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 145)
HSL	hsl(163, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(163, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 19%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -41.84, 7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 42.53, 169.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.1172 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.119 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8592, 35.1227, 32.3572)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B391 #B3385A

analogous

#38B354 #38B391 #3897B3

triadic

#38B391 #9138B3 #B39138

tetradic

#38B391 #5438B3 #B3385A #97B338

square

#38B391 #5438B3 #B3385A #97B338

split-complementary

#38B391 #B33897 #B35438

monochromatic

#1B5645 #29846B #38B391 #5CCCAD #8BDBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38B391 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#38B391 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B391

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B391	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B391	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)

#AEA78F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9B93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b391;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.119 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecab1',
    500: '#38b391',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b391;
$custom-light: #7ecab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b391",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.415,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69067,
    "c": 0.1188,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B391

secondary

#C58294

accent

#4C74DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F5

border

#CAD1CF

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B391

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

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