#38B886#38B886

#38B886 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.134 H 162.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B886
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 134)
HSL	hsl(157, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 27.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -46.53, 15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 49.05, 161.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.1276 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.134 162.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0720, 36.8404, 28.4446)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B886 #B8386A

analogous

#38B846 #38B886 #38AAB8

triadic

#38B886 #8638B8 #B88638

tetradic

#38B886 #4638B8 #B8386A #AAB838

square

#38B886 #4638B8 #B8386A #AAB838

split-complementary

#38B886 #B838AA #B84638

monochromatic

#1B5A42 #2A8964 #38B886 #5FCEA3 #8EDDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#38B886 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#38B886 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B886

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B886	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B886	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AB83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b886;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.134 162.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcea9',
    500: '#38b886',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b886;
$custom-light: #7fcea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b886",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.563,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70061,
    "c": 0.13357,
    "h": 162.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B886

secondary

#C7859F

accent

#4B84DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B886

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

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