#38B986#38B986

#38B986 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.135 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B986
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 134)
HSL	hsl(156, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(156, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 27.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -46.94, 15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 49.58, 161.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.1286 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.135 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2805, 37.2573, 28.5141)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B986 #B9386B

analogous

#38B945 #38B986 #38ACB9

triadic

#38B986 #8638B9 #B98638

tetradic

#38B986 #4538B9 #B9386B #ACB938

square

#38B986 #4538B9 #B9386B #ACB938

split-complementary

#38B986 #B938AC #B94538

monochromatic

#1C5B42 #2A8A64 #38B986 #5FCFA3 #8EDDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#38B986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#38B986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B986

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B986	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AB83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.135 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfa9',
    500: '#38b986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b986;
$custom-light: #7fcfa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.279,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70317,
    "c": 0.13487,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B986

secondary

#C8859F

accent

#4B85DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B986

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

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