#38B88F#38B88F

#38B88F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.126 H 167.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B88F
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 143)
HSL	hsl(161, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(161, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 22.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, -44.46, 10.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 45.77, 166.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.1233 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.126 167.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7267, 37.1022, 31.8923)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B88F #B83861

analogous

#38B84F #38B88F #38A1B8

triadic

#38B88F #8F38B8 #B88F38

tetradic

#38B88F #4F38B8 #B83861 #A1B838

square

#38B88F #4F38B8 #B83861 #A1B838

split-complementary

#38B88F #B838A1 #B84F38

monochromatic

#1B5A46 #2A896B #38B88F #5FCEAB #8EDDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B88F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#38B88F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B88F

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B88F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B88F	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AB8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39F92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b88f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.126 167.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fceaf',
    500: '#38b88f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b88f;
$custom-light: #7fceaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b88f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.781,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70287,
    "c": 0.12641,
    "h": 167.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B88F

secondary

#C7859A

accent

#4B7ADD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B88F

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

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