#38B68E#38B68E

#38B68E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.125 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B68E
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 142)
HSL	hsl(161, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(161, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 22%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -43.85, 10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 45.09, 166.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.1217 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.125 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2387, 36.2470, 31.3576)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B68E #B63860

analogous

#38B64F #38B68E #389FB6

triadic

#38B68E #8E38B6 #B68E38

tetradic

#38B68E #4F38B6 #B63860 #9FB638

square

#38B68E #4F38B6 #B63860 #9FB638

split-complementary

#38B68E #B6389F #B64F38

monochromatic

#1B5845 #2A8769 #38B68E #5ECDAA #8DDCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38B68E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#38B68E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B68E

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B68E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B68E	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A98C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19D91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b68e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.125 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdaf',
    500: '#38b68e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b68e;
$custom-light: #7fcdaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b68e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.952,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69751,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B68E

secondary

#C68499

accent

#4B79DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B68E

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

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