#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
RGBrgb(56, 184, 135)
HSLhsl(157, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(157, 70%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0%, 26.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.18, -46.31, 15.01)
CIE-LCHlch(67.18, 48.68, 162.04°)
OKLaboklab(70.08% -0.1271 0.0383)
OKLCHoklch(70.08% 0.133 163.2)
XYZxyz(23.1421, 36.8684, 28.8136)
Luminance0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##38B8871.002.518.378.37
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3721.001.001.00
##0000008.3721.001.001.00

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

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#38B887 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva