#38B87E#38B87E

#38B87E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.140 H 159.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B87E
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 126)
HSL	hsl(153, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(153, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 31.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -48.27, 19.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 52.11, 157.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.1314 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.14 159.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5350, 36.6256, 25.6164)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B87E #B83872

analogous

#38B83E #38B87E #38B2B8

triadic

#38B87E #7E38B8 #B87E38

tetradic

#38B87E #3E38B8 #B83872 #B2B838

square

#38B87E #3E38B8 #B83872 #B2B838

split-complementary

#38B87E #B838B2 #B83E38

monochromatic

#1B5A3E #2A895E #38B87E #5FCE9C #8EDDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#38B87E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#38B87E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B87E

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B87E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B87E	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AA7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69E82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b87e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.140 159.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcea3',
    500: '#38b87e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b87e;
$custom-light: #7fcea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b87e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.813,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69874,
    "c": 0.14047,
    "h": 159.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B87E

secondary

#C785A3

accent

#4B8DDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B87E

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

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