#38B887#38B887

#38B887 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.133 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B887
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 135)
HSL	hsl(157, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 26.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -46.31, 15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 48.68, 162.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.1271 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.133 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1421, 36.8684, 28.8136)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B887 #B83869

analogous

#38B847 #38B887 #38A9B8

triadic

#38B887 #8738B8 #B88738

tetradic

#38B887 #4738B8 #B83869 #A9B838

square

#38B887 #4738B8 #B83869 #A9B838

split-complementary

#38B887 #B838A9 #B84738

monochromatic

#1B5A42 #2A8965 #38B887 #5FCEA4 #8EDDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#38B887 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#38B887 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B887

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B887	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B887	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)

#B5AB84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b887;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.133 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fceaa',
    500: '#38b887',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b887;
$custom-light: #7fceaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b887",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.031,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70085,
    "c": 0.13275,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B887

secondary

#C7859E

accent

#4B83DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B887

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →