#38B685#38B685

#38B685 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.132 H 162.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B685
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 133)
HSL	hsl(157, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(157, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 26.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -45.93, 15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 48.37, 161.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.126 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.132 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5901, 35.9876, 27.9415)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B685 #B63869

analogous

#38B646 #38B685 #38A8B6

triadic

#38B685 #8538B6 #B68538

tetradic

#38B685 #4638B6 #B63869 #A8B638

square

#38B685 #4638B6 #B63869 #A8B638

split-complementary

#38B685 #B638A8 #B64638

monochromatic

#1B5841 #2A8763 #38B685 #5ECDA2 #8DDCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#38B685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#38B685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B685

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B685	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.132 162.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcda8',
    500: '#38b685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b685;
$custom-light: #7fcda8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.667,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69523,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B685

secondary

#C6849D

accent

#4B84DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B685

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

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