#38B87C#38B87C

#38B87C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.142 H 158.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B87C
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 124)
HSL	hsl(152, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(152, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 32.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -48.69, 20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 52.89, 157.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.1323 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.142 158.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4073, 36.5745, 24.9435)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B87C #B83874

analogous

#38B83C #38B87C #38B4B8

triadic

#38B87C #7C38B8 #B87C38

tetradic

#38B87C #3C38B8 #B83874 #B4B838

square

#38B87C #3C38B8 #B83874 #B4B838

split-complementary

#38B87C #B838B4 #B83C38

monochromatic

#1B5A3D #2A895C #38B87C #5FCE9A #8EDDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38B87C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#38B87C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B87C

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B87C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B87C	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AA78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69E80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b87c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.142 158.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcea2',
    500: '#38b87c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b87c;
$custom-light: #7fcea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b87c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.875,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6983,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 158.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B87C

secondary

#C785A4

accent

#4B8FDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F3

border

#CAD2CD

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B87C

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

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