#38B587#38B587

#38B587 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.129 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B587
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 135)
HSL	hsl(158, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(158, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 25.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, -45.06, 13.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 47.10, 163.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.124 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.129 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5255, 35.6352, 28.6081)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B587 #B53866

analogous

#38B549 #38B587 #38A5B5

triadic

#38B587 #8738B5 #B58738

tetradic

#38B587 #4938B5 #B53866 #A5B538

square

#38B587 #4938B5 #B53866 #A5B538

split-complementary

#38B587 #B538A5 #B54938

monochromatic

#1B5841 #2A8664 #38B587 #5DCDA4 #8CDBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#38B587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#38B587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B587

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B587	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.129 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eccaa',
    500: '#38b587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b587;
$custom-light: #7eccaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.92,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69316,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B587

secondary

#C6839C

accent

#4C81DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B587

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

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