#38B583#38B583

#38B583 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.132 H 162.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B583
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 131)
HSL	hsl(156, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(156, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 27.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -45.97, 15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 48.59, 161.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.1259 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.132 162.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2492, 35.5247, 27.1527)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B583 #B5386A

analogous

#38B545 #38B583 #38A9B5

triadic

#38B583 #8338B5 #B58338

tetradic

#38B583 #4538B5 #B5386A #A9B538

square

#38B583 #4538B5 #B5386A #A9B538

split-complementary

#38B583 #B538A9 #B54538

monochromatic

#1B583F #2A8661 #38B583 #5DCDA0 #8CDBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38B583 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#38B583 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B583

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B583	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B583	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29C86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b583;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.132 162.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecca7',
    500: '#38b583',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b583;
$custom-light: #7ecca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b583",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69218,
    "c": 0.13218,
    "h": 162.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B583

secondary

#C6839E

accent

#4C85DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B583

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

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