#38B490#38B490

#38B490 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.121 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B490
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 144)
HSL	hsl(163, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(163, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 20%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -42.51, 8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 43.37, 168.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.1187 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.121 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9836, 35.4943, 32.0199)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B490 #B4385C

analogous

#38B452 #38B490 #389AB4

triadic

#38B490 #9038B4 #B49038

tetradic

#38B490 #5238B4 #B4385C #9AB438

square

#38B490 #5238B4 #B4385C #9AB438

split-complementary

#38B490 #B4389A #B45238

monochromatic

#1B5745 #29856B #38B490 #5DCDAC #8BDBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38B490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#38B490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B490

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B490	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA88E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9C92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.121 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbb0',
    500: '#38b490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b490;
$custom-light: #7fcbb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.581,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69294,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B490

secondary

#C58296

accent

#4C76DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B490

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

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