#38B585#38B585

#38B585 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.131 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B585
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 133)
HSL	hsl(157, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(157, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 26.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -45.52, 14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 47.84, 162.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.125 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.131 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3861, 35.5794, 27.8735)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B585 #B53868

analogous

#38B547 #38B585 #38A7B5

triadic

#38B585 #8538B5 #B58538

tetradic

#38B585 #4738B5 #B53868 #A7B538

square

#38B585 #4738B5 #B53868 #A7B538

split-complementary

#38B585 #B538A7 #B54738

monochromatic

#1B5840 #2A8663 #38B585 #5DCDA2 #8CDBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38B585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#38B585 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B585

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B585	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.131 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecca8',
    500: '#38b585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b585;
$custom-light: #7ecca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.96,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69266,
    "c": 0.1305,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B585

secondary

#C6839D

accent

#4C83DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B585

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

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