#38B58E#38B58E

#38B58E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.123 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B58E
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 142)
HSL	hsl(161, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(161, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 21.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -43.42, 10.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 44.58, 166.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.1207 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.123 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0347, 35.8389, 31.2896)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B58E #B5385F

analogous

#38B550 #38B58E #389EB5

triadic

#38B58E #8E38B5 #B58E38

tetradic

#38B58E #5038B5 #B5385F #9EB538

square

#38B58E #5038B5 #B5385F #9EB538

split-complementary

#38B58E #B5389E #B55038

monochromatic

#1B5845 #2A8669 #38B58E #5DCDAA #8CDBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B58E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#38B58E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B58E

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B58E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B58E	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A98C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09C91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b58e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.123 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccaf',
    500: '#38b58e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b58e;
$custom-light: #7fccaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b58e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.28,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69495,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B58E

secondary

#C68398

accent

#4C79DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B58E

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

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