#38B48D#38B48D

#38B48D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.123 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B48D
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 141)
HSL	hsl(161, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(161, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 21.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -43.24, 10.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 44.41, 166.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.1201 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.123 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7573, 35.4038, 30.8284)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B48D #B4385F

analogous

#38B44F #38B48D #389DB4

triadic

#38B48D #8D38B4 #B48D38

tetradic

#38B48D #4F38B4 #B4385F #9DB438

square

#38B48D #4F38B4 #B4385F #9DB438

split-complementary

#38B48D #B4389D #B44F38

monochromatic

#1B5744 #298568 #38B48D #5DCDA9 #8BDBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38B48D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#38B48D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B48D

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B48D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B48D	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A88B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b48d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.123 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbae',
    500: '#38b48d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b48d;
$custom-light: #7ecbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b48d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.129,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69214,
    "c": 0.12291,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B48D

secondary

#C58297

accent

#4C79DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B48D

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

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