#38B58A#38B58A

#38B58A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.126 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B58A
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 138)
HSL	hsl(159, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(159, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 23.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -44.37, 12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 46.00, 164.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% -0.1226 0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.126 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7397, 35.7209, 29.7362)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B58A #B53863

analogous

#38B54C #38B58A #38A2B5

triadic

#38B58A #8A38B5 #B58A38

tetradic

#38B58A #4C38B5 #B53863 #A2B538

square

#38B58A #4C38B5 #B53863 #A2B538

split-complementary

#38B58A #B538A2 #B54C38

monochromatic

#1B5843 #2A8666 #38B58A #5DCDA7 #8CDBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#38B58A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#38B58A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B58A

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B58A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B58A	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b58a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.126 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccac',
    500: '#38b58a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b58a;
$custom-light: #7fccac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b58a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.36,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69391,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B58A

secondary

#C6839A

accent

#4C7DDC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B58A

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

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