#38B486#38B486

#38B486 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.128 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B486
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 134)
HSL	hsl(158, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(158, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 25.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -44.87, 13.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 46.94, 162.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.1235 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.128 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2529, 35.2020, 28.1715)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B486 #B43866

analogous

#38B448 #38B486 #38A4B4

triadic

#38B486 #8638B4 #B48638

tetradic

#38B486 #4838B4 #B43866 #A4B438

square

#38B486 #4838B4 #B43866 #A4B438

split-complementary

#38B486 #B438A4 #B44838

monochromatic

#1B5741 #298563 #38B486 #5DCDA3 #8BDBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38B486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#38B486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B486

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B486	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)

#B1A783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.128 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecba9',
    500: '#38b486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b486;
$custom-light: #7ecba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.742,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69034,
    "c": 0.12838,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B486

secondary

#C5829B

accent

#4C81DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B486

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →