#38B588#38B588

#38B588 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.128 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B588
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 136)
HSL	hsl(158, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(158, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 24.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -44.83, 13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 46.73, 163.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.1235 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.128 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5963, 35.6635, 28.9807)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B588 #B53865

analogous

#38B54A #38B588 #38A4B5

triadic

#38B588 #8838B5 #B58838

tetradic

#38B588 #4A38B5 #B53865 #A4B538

square

#38B588 #4A38B5 #B53865 #A4B538

split-complementary

#38B588 #B538A4 #B54A38

monochromatic

#1B5842 #2A8665 #38B588 #5DCDA5 #8CDBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#38B588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#38B588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B588

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B588	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.128 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccaa',
    500: '#38b588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b588;
$custom-light: #7fccaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.4,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69341,
    "c": 0.12806,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B588

secondary

#C6839B

accent

#4C80DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B588

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

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