#38B681#38B681

#38B681 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.135 H 161.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B681
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 129)
HSL	hsl(155, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(155, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 29.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -46.82, 17.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 49.89, 159.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.1279 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.135 161.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3190, 35.8791, 26.5137)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B681 #B6386D

analogous

#38B642 #38B681 #38ACB6

triadic

#38B681 #8138B6 #B68138

tetradic

#38B681 #4238B6 #B6386D #ACB638

square

#38B681 #4238B6 #B6386D #ACB638

split-complementary

#38B681 #B638AC #B64238

monochromatic

#1B583F #2A8760 #38B681 #5ECD9E #8DDCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B681 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#38B681 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B681

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B681	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B681	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A87E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b681;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.135 161.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcda5',
    500: '#38b681',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b681;
$custom-light: #7fcda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b681",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.762,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69428,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 161.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B681

secondary

#C684A0

accent

#4B88DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B681

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

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