#38B987#38B987

#38B987 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.134 H 162.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B987
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 135)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 27%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -46.72, 15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 49.21, 161.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.1281 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.134 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3506, 37.2853, 28.8831)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B987 #B9386A

analogous

#38B946 #38B987 #38ABB9

triadic

#38B987 #8738B9 #B98738

tetradic

#38B987 #4638B9 #B9386A #ABB938

square

#38B987 #4638B9 #B9386A #ABB938

split-complementary

#38B987 #B938AB #B94638

monochromatic

#1C5B42 #2A8A65 #38B987 #5FCFA4 #8EDDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#38B987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#38B987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B987

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B987	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AC84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.134 162.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfaa',
    500: '#38b987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b987;
$custom-light: #7fcfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.744,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70341,
    "c": 0.13404,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B987

secondary

#C8859F

accent

#4B83DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B987

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

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