#38B787#38B787

#38B787 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.131 H 163.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B787
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 135)
HSL	hsl(157, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(157, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 26.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, -45.90, 14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 48.15, 162.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.1261 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.131 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9351, 36.4544, 28.7446)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B787 #B73868

analogous

#38B748 #38B787 #38A8B7

triadic

#38B787 #8738B7 #B78738

tetradic

#38B787 #4838B7 #B73868 #A8B738

square

#38B787 #4838B7 #B73868 #A8B738

split-complementary

#38B787 #B738A8 #B74838

monochromatic

#1B5942 #2A8864 #38B787 #5ECEA4 #8DDCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38B787 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#38B787 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B787

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B787	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B787	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AA84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b787;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.131 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdaa',
    500: '#38b787',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b787;
$custom-light: #7fcdaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b787",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.323,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69828,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B787

secondary

#C7849D

accent

#4B82DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B787

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

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