#38B586#38B586

#38B586 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.130 H 163.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B586
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 134)
HSL	hsl(157, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(157, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 26%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -45.29, 14.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 47.47, 162.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.1245 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.13 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4555, 35.6072, 28.2391)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B586 #B53867

analogous

#38B548 #38B586 #38A6B5

triadic

#38B586 #8638B5 #B58638

tetradic

#38B586 #4838B5 #B53867 #A6B538

square

#38B586 #4838B5 #B53867 #A6B538

split-complementary

#38B586 #B538A6 #B54838

monochromatic

#1B5841 #2A8663 #38B586 #5DCDA3 #8CDBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38B586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#38B586 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B586

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B586	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)

#B2A883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.130 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecca9',
    500: '#38b586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b586;
$custom-light: #7ecca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.44,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69291,
    "c": 0.12968,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B586

secondary

#C6839C

accent

#4C82DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B586

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

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