#38B88E#38B88E

#38B88E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.127 H 166.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B88E
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 142)
HSL	hsl(160, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 22.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -44.69, 11.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 46.13, 165.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.1238 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.127 166.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6512, 37.0720, 31.4951)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B88E #B83862

analogous

#38B84E #38B88E #38A2B8

triadic

#38B88E #8E38B8 #B88E38

tetradic

#38B88E #4E38B8 #B83862 #A2B838

square

#38B88E #4E38B8 #B83862 #A2B838

split-complementary

#38B88E #B838A2 #B84E38

monochromatic

#1B5A46 #2A896A #38B88E #5FCEAA #8EDDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B88E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#38B88E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B88E

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B88E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B88E	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)

#B4AB8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39F91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b88e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.127 166.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fceaf',
    500: '#38b88e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b88e;
$custom-light: #7fceaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b88e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.313,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70261,
    "c": 0.12716,
    "h": 166.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B88E

secondary

#C7859A

accent

#4B7BDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B88E

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

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