#38B885#38B885

#38B885 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.134 H 162.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B885
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 133)
HSL	hsl(156, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(156, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 27.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -46.76, 16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 49.43, 161.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.1281 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.134 162.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0026, 36.8126, 28.0790)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B885 #B8386B

analogous

#38B845 #38B885 #38ABB8

triadic

#38B885 #8538B8 #B88538

tetradic

#38B885 #4538B8 #B8386B #ABB838

square

#38B885 #4538B8 #B8386B #ABB838

split-complementary

#38B885 #B838AB #B84538

monochromatic

#1B5A41 #2A8963 #38B885 #5FCEA2 #8EDDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#38B885 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#38B885 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B885

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B885	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B885	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)

#B5AB82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b885;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.134 162.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcea8',
    500: '#38b885',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b885;
$custom-light: #7fcea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b885",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.094,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70037,
    "c": 0.13442,
    "h": 162.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B885

secondary

#C7859F

accent

#4B85DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B885

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

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