#38B990#38B990

#38B990 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.127 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B990
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 144)
HSL	hsl(161, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(161, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 22.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -44.64, 10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 45.93, 166.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.1238 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.127 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0112, 37.5496, 32.3625)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B990 #B93861

analogous

#38B94F #38B990 #38A2B9

triadic

#38B990 #9038B9 #B99038

tetradic

#38B990 #4F38B9 #B93861 #A2B938

square

#38B990 #4F38B9 #B93861 #A2B938

split-complementary

#38B990 #B938A2 #B94F38

monochromatic

#1C5B47 #2A8A6B #38B990 #5FCFAB #8EDDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#38B990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#38B990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B990

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B990	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AC8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.127 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfb0',
    500: '#38b990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b990;
$custom-light: #7fcfb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.93,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70567,
    "c": 0.1269,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B990

secondary

#C8859A

accent

#4B79DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B990

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

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