#38B484#38B484

#38B484 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.130 H 163.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B484
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 132)
HSL	hsl(157, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(157, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 26.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -45.33, 14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 47.69, 161.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.1244 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.13 163.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1147, 35.1467, 27.4438)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B484 #B43868

analogous

#38B446 #38B484 #38A6B4

triadic

#38B484 #8438B4 #B48438

tetradic

#38B484 #4638B4 #B43868 #A6B438

square

#38B484 #4638B4 #B43868 #A6B438

split-complementary

#38B484 #B438A6 #B44638

monochromatic

#1B5740 #298562 #38B484 #5DCDA1 #8BDBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38B484 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#38B484 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B484

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B484	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B484	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b484;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.130 163.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecba8',
    500: '#38b484',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b484;
$custom-light: #7ecba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b484",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.774,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68985,
    "c": 0.13003,
    "h": 163.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B484

secondary

#C5829C

accent

#4C84DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B484

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

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