#38BB85#38BB85

#38BB85 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.138 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB85
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 133)
HSL	hsl(155, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(155, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 28.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -47.98, 17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 51.02, 160.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.1311 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.138 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6324, 38.0722, 28.2889)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB85 #BB386E

analogous

#38BB43 #38BB85 #38AFBB

triadic

#38BB85 #8538BB #BB8538

tetradic

#38BB85 #4338BB #BB386E #AFBB38

square

#38BB85 #4338BB #BB386E #AFBB38

split-complementary

#38BB85 #BB38AF #BB4338

monochromatic

#1C5D42 #2A8C64 #38BB85 #61D0A2 #90DEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#38BB85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#38BB85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB85

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB85	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AD82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.138 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0a8',
    500: '#38bb85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb85;
$custom-light: #80d0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.267,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70806,
    "c": 0.13833,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB85

secondary

#C886A2

accent

#4B87DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB85

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

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