#38B87A#38B87A

#38B87A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.144 H 157.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B87A
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 122)
HSL	hsl(151, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(151, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 33.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -49.11, 21.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 53.68, 156.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.1333 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.144 157.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2821, 36.5244, 24.2842)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B87A #B83876

analogous

#38B83A #38B87A #38B6B8

triadic

#38B87A #7A38B8 #B87A38

tetradic

#38B87A #3A38B8 #B83876 #B6B838

square

#38B87A #3A38B8 #B83876 #B6B838

split-complementary

#38B87A #B838B6 #B83A38

monochromatic

#1B5A3C #2A895B #38B87A #5FCE98 #8EDDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38B87A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#38B87A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B87A

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B87A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B87A	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AA76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69E7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b87a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.144 157.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcea0',
    500: '#38b87a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b87a;
$custom-light: #7fcea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b87a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.938,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69786,
    "c": 0.14405,
    "h": 157.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B87A

secondary

#C785A5

accent

#4B92DD

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF9F2

border

#CAD2CC

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B87A

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

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