#38B387#38B387

#38B387 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.126 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B387
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 135)
HSL	hsl(159, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(159, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 24.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, -44.23, 12.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 46.05, 163.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.122 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.126 165)
XYZ	xyz(22.1218, 34.8277, 28.4735)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B387 #B33864

analogous

#38B34A #38B387 #38A1B3

triadic

#38B387 #8738B3 #B38738

tetradic

#38B387 #4A38B3 #B33864 #A1B338

square

#38B387 #4A38B3 #B33864 #A1B338

split-complementary

#38B387 #B338A1 #B34A38

monochromatic

#1B5641 #298464 #38B387 #5CCCA4 #8BDBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#38B387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#38B387 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B387

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B387	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.126 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecaaa',
    500: '#38b387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b387;
$custom-light: #7ecaaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.537,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68803,
    "c": 0.12628,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.3483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B387

secondary

#C5829A

accent

#4C7FDC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B387

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

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