#38B690#38B690

#38B690 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.123 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B690
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 144)
HSL	hsl(162, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(162, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 20.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -43.37, 9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 44.40, 167.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.1208 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.123 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3902, 36.3076, 32.1555)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B690 #B6385E

analogous

#38B651 #38B690 #389DB6

triadic

#38B690 #9038B6 #B69038

tetradic

#38B690 #5138B6 #B6385E #9DB638

square

#38B690 #5138B6 #B6385E #9DB638

split-complementary

#38B690 #B6389D #B65138

monochromatic

#1B5846 #2A876B #38B690 #5ECDAC #8DDCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#38B690 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#38B690 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B690

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B690	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B690	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AA8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09D93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b690;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.123 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdb0',
    500: '#38b690',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b690;
$custom-light: #7fcdb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b690",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.905,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69803,
    "c": 0.12318,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B690

secondary

#C68498

accent

#4B77DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B690

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

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