#38B487#38B487

#38B487 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.128 H 164.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B487
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 135)
HSL	hsl(158, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(158, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 25%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -44.65, 13.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 46.57, 163.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.123 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.128 164.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.3229, 35.2300, 28.5406)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B487 #B43865

analogous

#38B449 #38B487 #38A3B4

triadic

#38B487 #8738B4 #B48738

tetradic

#38B487 #4938B4 #B43865 #A3B438

square

#38B487 #4938B4 #B43865 #A3B438

split-complementary

#38B487 #B438A3 #B44938

monochromatic

#1B5741 #298564 #38B487 #5DCDA4 #8BDBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38B487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#38B487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B487

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B487	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.128 164.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbaa',
    500: '#38b487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b487;
$custom-light: #7ecbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.226,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69059,
    "c": 0.12757,
    "h": 164.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B487

secondary

#C5829B

accent

#4C80DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B487

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

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