#38B481#38B481

#38B481 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.133 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B481
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 129)
HSL	hsl(155, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(155, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 28.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -46.00, 16.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 48.82, 160.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.1259 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.133 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9124, 35.0658, 26.3782)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B481 #B4386B

analogous

#38B443 #38B481 #38A9B4

triadic

#38B481 #8138B4 #B48138

tetradic

#38B481 #4338B4 #B4386B #A9B438

square

#38B481 #4338B4 #B4386B #A9B438

split-complementary

#38B481 #B438A9 #B44338

monochromatic

#1B573E #298560 #38B481 #5DCD9F #8BDBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38B481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#38B481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B481

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B481	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)

#B1A77E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19B84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.133 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecba5',
    500: '#38b481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b481;
$custom-light: #7ecba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.323,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68912,
    "c": 0.13257,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B481

secondary

#C5829E

accent

#4C87DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B481

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

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