#38B884#38B884

#38B884 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.135 H 161.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B884
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 132)
HSL	hsl(156, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(156, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 28.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -46.98, 16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 49.81, 160.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.1285 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.135 161.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9339, 36.7851, 27.7169)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B884 #B8386C

analogous

#38B844 #38B884 #38ACB8

triadic

#38B884 #8438B8 #B88438

tetradic

#38B884 #4438B8 #B8386C #ACB838

square

#38B884 #4438B8 #B8386C #ACB838

split-complementary

#38B884 #B838AC #B84438

monochromatic

#1B5A41 #2A8962 #38B884 #5FCEA1 #8EDDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#38B884 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#38B884 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B884

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B884	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B884	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AA81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59F87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b884;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.135 161.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcea8',
    500: '#38b884',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b884;
$custom-light: #7fcea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b884",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.625,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70013,
    "c": 0.13526,
    "h": 161.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B884

secondary

#C785A0

accent

#4B86DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B884

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

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