#38B482#38B482

#38B482 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.132 H 162.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B482
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 130)
HSL	hsl(156, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(156, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 27.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -45.78, 15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 48.44, 160.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.1254 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.132 162.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9791, 35.0925, 26.7300)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B482 #B4386A

analogous

#38B444 #38B482 #38A8B4

triadic

#38B482 #8238B4 #B48238

tetradic

#38B482 #4438B4 #B4386A #A8B438

square

#38B482 #4438B4 #B4386A #A8B438

split-complementary

#38B482 #B438A8 #B44438

monochromatic

#1B573F #298560 #38B482 #5DCD9F #8BDBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38B482 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#38B482 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B482

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B482	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B482	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)

#B1A77F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b482;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.132 162.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecba6',
    500: '#38b482',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b482;
$custom-light: #7ecba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b482",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.806,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68936,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 162.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B482

secondary

#C5829D

accent

#4C86DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B482

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

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