#38B485#38B485

#38B485 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.129 H 163.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B485
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 133)
HSL	hsl(157, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(157, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 26.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, -45.10, 14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 47.31, 162.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.1239 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.129 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1834, 35.1742, 27.8060)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B485 #B43867

analogous

#38B447 #38B485 #38A5B4

triadic

#38B485 #8538B4 #B48538

tetradic

#38B485 #4738B4 #B43867 #A5B438

square

#38B485 #4738B4 #B43867 #A5B438

split-complementary

#38B485 #B438A5 #B44738

monochromatic

#1B5740 #298563 #38B485 #5DCDA2 #8BDBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38B485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#38B485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B485

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B485	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.129 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecba8',
    500: '#38b485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b485;
$custom-light: #7ecba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.258,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69009,
    "c": 0.1292,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B485

secondary

#C5829C

accent

#4C82DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B485

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

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