#38B985#38B985

#38B985 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.136 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B985
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 133)
HSL	hsl(156, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(156, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 28.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -47.17, 16.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 49.96, 160.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.1291 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.136 162)
XYZ	xyz(23.2111, 37.2295, 28.1485)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B985 #B9386C

analogous

#38B945 #38B985 #38ADB9

triadic

#38B985 #8538B9 #B98538

tetradic

#38B985 #4538B9 #B9386C #ADB938

square

#38B985 #4538B9 #B9386C #ADB938

split-complementary

#38B985 #B938AD #B94538

monochromatic

#1C5B41 #2A8A63 #38B985 #5FCFA2 #8EDDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#38B985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B985

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B985	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AB82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.136 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfa8',
    500: '#38b985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b985;
$custom-light: #7fcfa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.814,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70293,
    "c": 0.13572,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.37232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B985

secondary

#C885A0

accent

#4B86DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B985

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

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