#38B68B#38B68B

#38B68B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.127 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B68B
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 139)
HSL	hsl(160, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(160, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 23.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -44.56, 12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 46.16, 164.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.1231 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.127 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0165, 36.1581, 30.1873)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B68B #B63863

analogous

#38B64C #38B68B #38A2B6

triadic

#38B68B #8B38B6 #B68B38

tetradic

#38B68B #4C38B6 #B63863 #A2B638

square

#38B68B #4C38B6 #B63863 #A2B638

split-complementary

#38B68B #B638A2 #B64C38

monochromatic

#1B5844 #2A8767 #38B68B #5ECDA7 #8DDCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38B68B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#38B68B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B68B

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B68B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B68B	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)

#B2A989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b68b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.127 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdad',
    500: '#38b68b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b68b;
$custom-light: #7fcdad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b68b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.524,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69673,
    "c": 0.12696,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B68B

secondary

#C6849A

accent

#4B7DDC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B68B

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

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