#38B991#38B991

#38B991 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.126 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B991
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 145)
HSL	hsl(161, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(161, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 21.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -44.40, 10.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 45.58, 166.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.1234 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.126 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0880, 37.5803, 32.7668)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B991 #B93860

analogous

#38B950 #38B991 #38A1B9

triadic

#38B991 #9138B9 #B99138

tetradic

#38B991 #5038B9 #B93860 #A1B938

square

#38B991 #5038B9 #B93860 #A1B938

split-complementary

#38B991 #B938A1 #B95038

monochromatic

#1C5B47 #2A8A6C #38B991 #5FCFAC #8EDDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#38B991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#38B991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B991

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B991	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AC8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A094

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.126 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfb1',
    500: '#38b991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b991;
$custom-light: #7fcfb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.395,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70594,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B991

secondary

#C8859A

accent

#4B78DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B991

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

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