#38B891#38B891

#38B891 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.125 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B891
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 145)
HSL	hsl(162, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(162, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 21.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -43.98, 9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 45.07, 167.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.1223 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.125 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8795, 37.1634, 32.6973)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B891 #B8385F

analogous

#38B851 #38B891 #389FB8

triadic

#38B891 #9138B8 #B89138

tetradic

#38B891 #5138B8 #B8385F #9FB838

square

#38B891 #5138B8 #B8385F #9FB838

split-complementary

#38B891 #B8389F #B85138

monochromatic

#1B5A47 #2A896C #38B891 #5FCEAC #8EDDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B891 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#38B891 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B891

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B891	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B891	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)

#B3AB8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29F94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b891;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.125 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fceb1',
    500: '#38b891',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b891;
$custom-light: #7fceb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b891",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.719,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70339,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B891

secondary

#C78599

accent

#4B77DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B891

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

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