#38B581#38B581

#38B581 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.134 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B581
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 129)
HSL	hsl(155, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(155, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 28.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -46.41, 16.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 49.35, 160.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.1269 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.134 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1150, 35.4710, 26.4457)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B581 #B5386C

analogous

#38B543 #38B581 #38ABB5

triadic

#38B581 #8138B5 #B58138

tetradic

#38B581 #4338B5 #B5386C #ABB538

square

#38B581 #4338B5 #B5386C #ABB538

split-complementary

#38B581 #B538AB #B54338

monochromatic

#1B583E #2A8660 #38B581 #5DCD9E #8CDBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38B581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#38B581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B581

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B581	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A87E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29C84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.134 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecca5',
    500: '#38b581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b581;
$custom-light: #7ecca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.04,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6917,
    "c": 0.13388,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B581

secondary

#C6839F

accent

#4C88DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B581

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

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