#38B788#38B788

#38B788 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.131 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B788
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 136)
HSL	hsl(158, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(158, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 25.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -45.67, 14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 47.78, 162.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.1256 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.131 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0059, 36.4827, 29.1172)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B788 #B73867

analogous

#38B748 #38B788 #38A7B7

triadic

#38B788 #8838B7 #B78838

tetradic

#38B788 #4838B7 #B73867 #A7B738

square

#38B788 #4838B7 #B73867 #A7B738

split-complementary

#38B788 #B738A7 #B74838

monochromatic

#1B5942 #2A8865 #38B788 #5ECEA5 #8DDCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38B788 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#38B788 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B788

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B788	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B788	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AA85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b788;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.131 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdaa',
    500: '#38b788',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b788;
$custom-light: #7fcdaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b788",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.795,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69853,
    "c": 0.13063,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B788

secondary

#C7849D

accent

#4B81DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B788

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

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