#38B883#38B883

#38B883 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.136 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B883
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 131)
HSL	hsl(155, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(155, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 28.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -47.20, 17.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 50.19, 160.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.129 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.136 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8658, 36.7579, 27.3582)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B883 #B8386D

analogous

#38B843 #38B883 #38ADB8

triadic

#38B883 #8338B8 #B88338

tetradic

#38B883 #4338B8 #B8386D #ADB838

square

#38B883 #4338B8 #B8386D #ADB838

split-complementary

#38B883 #B838AD #B84338

monochromatic

#1B5A40 #2A8962 #38B883 #5FCEA0 #8EDDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#38B883 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#38B883 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B883

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B883	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B883	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AA80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59E86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b883;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.136 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcea7',
    500: '#38b883',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b883;
$custom-light: #7fcea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b883",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.156,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69989,
    "c": 0.13611,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B883

secondary

#C785A0

accent

#4B87DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B883

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

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