#38B68C#38B68C

#38B68C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.126 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B68C
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 140)
HSL	hsl(160, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(160, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 23.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -44.32, 11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 45.80, 165.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% -0.1227 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.126 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0899, 36.1875, 30.5739)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B68C #B63862

analogous

#38B64D #38B68C #38A1B6

triadic

#38B68C #8C38B6 #B68C38

tetradic

#38B68C #4D38B6 #B63862 #A1B638

square

#38B68C #4D38B6 #B63862 #A1B638

split-complementary

#38B68C #B638A1 #B64D38

monochromatic

#1B5844 #2A8768 #38B68C #5ECDA8 #8DDCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38B68C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#38B68C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B68C

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B68C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B68C	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A98A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b68c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.126 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdad',
    500: '#38b68c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b68c;
$custom-light: #7fcdad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b68c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69698,
    "c": 0.12618,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B68C

secondary

#C6849A

accent

#4B7CDC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B68C

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

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