#38B68D#38B68D

#38B68D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.125 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B68D
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 141)
HSL	hsl(160, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(160, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 22.5%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -44.09, 11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 45.45, 165.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.1222 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.125 167)
XYZ	xyz(23.1640, 36.2171, 30.9639)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B68D #B63861

analogous

#38B64E #38B68D #38A0B6

triadic

#38B68D #8D38B6 #B68D38

tetradic

#38B68D #4E38B6 #B63861 #A0B638

square

#38B68D #4E38B6 #B63861 #A0B638

split-complementary

#38B68D #B638A0 #B64E38

monochromatic

#1B5844 #2A8769 #38B68D #5ECDA9 #8DDCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38B68D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#38B68D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B68D

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B68D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B68D	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)

#B2A98B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19D90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b68d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.125 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdae',
    500: '#38b68d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b68d;
$custom-light: #7fcdae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b68d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.476,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69724,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.3622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B68D

secondary

#C68499

accent

#4B7BDC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B68D

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

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