#38B88B#38B88B

#38B88B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.130 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B88B
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 139)
HSL	hsl(159, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 24.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -45.40, 12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 47.21, 164.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.1252 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.13 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4290, 36.9832, 30.3248)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B88B #B83865

analogous

#38B84B #38B88B #38A5B8

triadic

#38B88B #8B38B8 #B88B38

tetradic

#38B88B #4B38B8 #B83865 #A5B838

square

#38B88B #4B38B8 #B83865 #A5B838

split-complementary

#38B88B #B838A5 #B84B38

monochromatic

#1B5A44 #2A8968 #38B88B #5FCEA7 #8EDDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B88B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#38B88B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B88B

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B88B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B88B	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AB89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b88b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.130 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcead',
    500: '#38b88b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b88b;
$custom-light: #7fcead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b88b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.906,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70184,
    "c": 0.1295,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B88B

secondary

#C7859C

accent

#4B7EDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B88B

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

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