#38B888#38B888

#38B888 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.132 H 163.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B888
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 136)
HSL	hsl(158, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 26.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -46.08, 14.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 48.31, 162.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.1266 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.132 163.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2128, 36.8967, 29.1862)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B888 #B83868

analogous

#38B848 #38B888 #38A8B8

triadic

#38B888 #8838B8 #B88838

tetradic

#38B888 #4838B8 #B83868 #A8B838

square

#38B888 #4838B8 #B83868 #A8B838

split-complementary

#38B888 #B838A8 #B84838

monochromatic

#1B5A43 #2A8965 #38B888 #5FCEA5 #8EDDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#38B888 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#38B888 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B888

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B888	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B888	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AB85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b888;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.132 163.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fceaa',
    500: '#38b888',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b888;
$custom-light: #7fceaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b888",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70109,
    "c": 0.13192,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B888

secondary

#C7859E

accent

#4B82DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B888

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

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