#38B58B#38B58B

#38B58B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.126 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B58B
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 139)
HSL	hsl(160, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(160, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 23.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -44.14, 11.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 45.64, 165.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.1221 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.126 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8125, 35.7500, 30.1193)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B58B #B53862

analogous

#38B54D #38B58B #38A1B5

triadic

#38B58B #8B38B5 #B58B38

tetradic

#38B58B #4D38B5 #B53862 #A1B538

square

#38B58B #4D38B5 #B53862 #A1B538

split-complementary

#38B58B #B538A1 #B54D38

monochromatic

#1B5843 #2A8667 #38B58B #5DCDA7 #8CDBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#38B58B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#38B58B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B58B

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B58B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B58B	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b58b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.126 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccad',
    500: '#38b58b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b58b;
$custom-light: #7fccad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b58b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.84,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69417,
    "c": 0.12568,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B58B

secondary

#C68399

accent

#4C7CDC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B58B

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

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