#38B988#38B988

#38B988 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.133 H 163.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B988
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 136)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 26.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, -46.50, 14.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 48.83, 162.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.1277 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.133 163.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4213, 37.3136, 29.2557)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B988 #B93869

analogous

#38B947 #38B988 #38AAB9

triadic

#38B988 #8838B9 #B98838

tetradic

#38B988 #4738B9 #B93869 #AAB938

square

#38B988 #4738B9 #B93869 #AAB938

split-complementary

#38B988 #B938AA #B94738

monochromatic

#1C5B43 #2A8A65 #38B988 #5FCFA4 #8EDDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#38B988 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#38B988 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B988

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B988	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B988	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)

#B6AC85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.133 163.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfaa',
    500: '#38b988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b988;
$custom-light: #7fcfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.209,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70365,
    "c": 0.13321,
    "h": 163.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B988

secondary

#C8859E

accent

#4B82DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B988

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

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