#38B68A#38B68A

#38B68A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.128 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B68A
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 138)
HSL	hsl(159, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(159, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 24.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -44.79, 12.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 46.52, 164.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.1236 0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.128 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9438, 36.1290, 29.8042)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B68A #B63864

analogous

#38B64B #38B68A #38A3B6

triadic

#38B68A #8A38B6 #B68A38

tetradic

#38B68A #4B38B6 #B63864 #A3B638

square

#38B68A #4B38B6 #B63864 #A3B638

split-complementary

#38B68A #B638A3 #B64B38

monochromatic

#1B5843 #2A8767 #38B68A #5ECDA6 #8DDCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38B68A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#38B68A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B68A

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B68A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B68A	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b68a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.128 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdac',
    500: '#38b68a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b68a;
$custom-light: #7fcdac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b68a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.048,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69647,
    "c": 0.12774,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B68A

secondary

#C6849B

accent

#4B7EDC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B68A

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

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