#38B58C#38B58C

#38B58C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.125 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B58C
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 140)
HSL	hsl(160, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(160, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 22.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -43.90, 11.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 45.28, 165.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.1216 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.125 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8859, 35.7794, 30.5058)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B58C #B53861

analogous

#38B54E #38B58C #38A0B5

triadic

#38B58C #8C38B5 #B58C38

tetradic

#38B58C #4E38B5 #B53861 #A0B538

square

#38B58C #4E38B5 #B53861 #A0B538

split-complementary

#38B58C #B538A0 #B54E38

monochromatic

#1B5844 #2A8668 #38B58C #5DCDA8 #8CDBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B58C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#38B58C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B58C

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B58C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B58C	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A88A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b58c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.125 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccad',
    500: '#38b58c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b58c;
$custom-light: #7fccad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b58c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.32,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69443,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B58C

secondary

#C68399

accent

#4C7BDC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B58C

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

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