#38B982#38B982

#38B982 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.138 H 160.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B982
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 130)
HSL	hsl(154, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(154, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 29.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -47.82, 18.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 51.10, 159.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.1305 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.138 160.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0068, 37.1478, 27.0725)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B982 #B9386F

analogous

#38B942 #38B982 #38AFB9

triadic

#38B982 #8238B9 #B98238

tetradic

#38B982 #4238B9 #B9386F #AFB938

square

#38B982 #4238B9 #B9386F #AFB938

split-complementary

#38B982 #B938AF #B94238

monochromatic

#1C5B40 #2A8A61 #38B982 #5FCF9F #8EDDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B982 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#38B982 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B982

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B982	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B982	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AB7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69F86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b982;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.138 160.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfa6',
    500: '#38b982',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b982;
$custom-light: #7fcfa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b982",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.419,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70223,
    "c": 0.13828,
    "h": 160.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B982

secondary

#C885A2

accent

#4B89DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B982

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

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