#38B890#38B890

#38B890 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.126 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B890
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 144)
HSL	hsl(161, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(161, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 21.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -44.22, 10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 45.42, 166.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.1228 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.126 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8028, 37.1326, 32.2930)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B890 #B83860

analogous

#38B850 #38B890 #38A0B8

triadic

#38B890 #9038B8 #B89038

tetradic

#38B890 #5038B8 #B83860 #A0B838

square

#38B890 #5038B8 #B83860 #A0B838

split-complementary

#38B890 #B838A0 #B85038

monochromatic

#1B5A47 #2A896B #38B890 #5FCEAB #8EDDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B890 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#38B890 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B890

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B890	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B890	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AB8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29F93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b890;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.126 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fceb0',
    500: '#38b890',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b890;
$custom-light: #7fceb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b890",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70313,
    "c": 0.12565,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B890

secondary

#C78599

accent

#4B79DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B890

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

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