#38B88D#38B88D

#38B88D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.128 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B88D
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 141)
HSL	hsl(160, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 23.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -44.93, 11.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 46.48, 165.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.1242 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.128 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5765, 37.0422, 31.1015)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B88D #B83863

analogous

#38B84D #38B88D #38A3B8

triadic

#38B88D #8D38B8 #B88D38

tetradic

#38B88D #4D38B8 #B83863 #A3B838

square

#38B88D #4D38B8 #B83863 #A3B838

split-complementary

#38B88D #B838A3 #B84D38

monochromatic

#1B5A45 #2A8969 #38B88D #5FCEA9 #8EDDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B88D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#38B88D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B88D

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B88D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B88D	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AB8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39F90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b88d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.128 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fceae',
    500: '#38b88d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b88d;
$custom-light: #7fceae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b88d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.844,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70235,
    "c": 0.12793,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B88D

secondary

#C7859B

accent

#4B7CDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B88D

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

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