#38AB87#38AB87

#38AB87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.116 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AB87
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 135)
HSL	hsl(161, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(161, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 21.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -40.80, 9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 41.84, 167.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% -0.1136 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.116 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5647, 31.7136, 27.9545)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AB87 #AB385C

analogous

#38AB4D #38AB87 #3896AB

triadic

#38AB87 #8738AB #AB8738

tetradic

#38AB87 #4D38AB #AB385C #96AB38

square

#38AB87 #4D38AB #AB385C #96AB38

split-complementary

#38AB87 #AB3896 #AB4D38

monochromatic

#1A4F3E #297D63 #38AB87 #58C8A5 #86D7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#38AB87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#38AB87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AB87

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AB87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AB87	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79F85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ab87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.116 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc5aa',
    500: '#38ab87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ab87;
$custom-light: #7dc5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ab87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.217,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66748,
    "c": 0.11603,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AB87

secondary

#C17D93

accent

#4E7ADA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AB87

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

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