#38B687#38B687

#38B687 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.130 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B687
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 135)
HSL	hsl(158, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(158, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 25.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -45.48, 14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 47.63, 162.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.125 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.13 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7296, 36.0434, 28.6761)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B687 #B63867

analogous

#38B648 #38B687 #38A6B6

triadic

#38B687 #8738B6 #B68738

tetradic

#38B687 #4838B6 #B63867 #A6B638

square

#38B687 #4838B6 #B63867 #A6B638

split-complementary

#38B687 #B638A6 #B64838

monochromatic

#1B5842 #2A8764 #38B687 #5ECDA4 #8DDCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#38B687 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#38B687 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B687

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B687	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B687	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A984

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b687;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.130 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdaa',
    500: '#38b687',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b687;
$custom-light: #7fcdaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b687",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.619,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69572,
    "c": 0.13015,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B687

secondary

#C6849C

accent

#4B82DC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B687

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

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