#38B88A#38B88A

#38B88A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.130 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B88A
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 138)
HSL	hsl(158, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 25%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -45.63, 13.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 47.57, 163.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.1257 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.13 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3563, 36.9541, 29.9417)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B88A #B83866

analogous

#38B84A #38B88A #38A6B8

triadic

#38B88A #8A38B8 #B88A38

tetradic

#38B88A #4A38B8 #B83866 #A6B838

square

#38B88A #4A38B8 #B83866 #A6B838

split-complementary

#38B88A #B838A6 #B84A38

monochromatic

#1B5A44 #2A8967 #38B88A #5FCEA6 #8EDDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B88A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#38B88A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B88A

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B88A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B88A	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AB87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b88a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.130 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fceac',
    500: '#38b88a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b88a;
$custom-light: #7fceac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b88a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.438,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70159,
    "c": 0.1303,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B88A

secondary

#C7859D

accent

#4B7FDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B88A

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

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