#38B980#38B980

#38B980 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.140 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B980
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 128)
HSL	hsl(153, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(153, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 30.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, -48.25, 19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 51.87, 158.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.1314 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.14 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8738, 37.0946, 26.3724)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B980 #B93871

analogous

#38B93F #38B980 #38B2B9

triadic

#38B980 #8038B9 #B98038

tetradic

#38B980 #3F38B9 #B93871 #B2B938

square

#38B980 #3F38B9 #B93871 #B2B938

split-complementary

#38B980 #B938B2 #B93F38

monochromatic

#1C5B3F #2A8A5F #38B980 #5FCF9E #8EDDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#38B980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B980

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B980	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AB7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69F84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.140 159.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfa5',
    500: '#38b980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b980;
$custom-light: #7fcfa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.488,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70177,
    "c": 0.14003,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B980

secondary

#C885A3

accent

#4B8BDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B980

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

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