#38B480#38B480

#38B480 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.133 H 161.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B480
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 128)
HSL	hsl(155, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(155, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 28.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -46.22, 16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 49.20, 159.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% -0.1263 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.133 161.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.8462, 35.0393, 26.0298)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B480 #B4386C

analogous

#38B442 #38B480 #38AAB4

triadic

#38B480 #8038B4 #B48038

tetradic

#38B480 #4238B4 #B4386C #AAB438

square

#38B480 #4238B4 #B4386C #AAB438

split-complementary

#38B480 #B438AA #B44238

monochromatic

#1B573E #29855F #38B480 #5DCD9E #8BDBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38B480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#38B480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B480

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B480	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A77D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.133 161.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecba5',
    500: '#38b480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b480;
$custom-light: #7ecba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.839,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68889,
    "c": 0.13342,
    "h": 161.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B480

secondary

#C5829E

accent

#4C88DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B480

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

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