#38B58D#38B58D

#38B58D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.124 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B58D
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 141)
HSL	hsl(161, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(161, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 22.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -43.66, 10.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 44.93, 166.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.1212 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.124 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9599, 35.8090, 30.8959)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B58D #B53860

analogous

#38B54F #38B58D #389FB5

triadic

#38B58D #8D38B5 #B58D38

tetradic

#38B58D #4F38B5 #B53860 #9FB538

square

#38B58D #4F38B5 #B53860 #9FB538

split-complementary

#38B58D #B5389F #B54F38

monochromatic

#1B5844 #2A8669 #38B58D #5DCDA9 #8CDBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B58D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#38B58D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B58D

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B58D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B58D	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)

#B1A98B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b58d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.124 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccae',
    500: '#38b58d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b58d;
$custom-light: #7fccae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b58d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.8,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69469,
    "c": 0.12416,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B58D

secondary

#C68398

accent

#4C7ADC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B58D

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

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