#38BB86#38BB86

#38BB86 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.137 H 161.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB86
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 134)
HSL	hsl(156, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(156, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 28.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -47.76, 16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 50.64, 160.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.1306 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.137 161.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7018, 38.0999, 28.6545)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB86 #BB386D

analogous

#38BB44 #38BB86 #38AEBB

triadic

#38BB86 #8638BB #BB8638

tetradic

#38BB86 #4438BB #BB386D #AEBB38

square

#38BB86 #4438BB #BB386D #AEBB38

split-complementary

#38BB86 #BB38AE #BB4438

monochromatic

#1C5D43 #2A8C64 #38BB86 #61D0A3 #90DEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#38BB86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#38BB86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB86

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB86	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AD83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.137 161.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0a9',
    500: '#38bb86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb86;
$custom-light: #80d0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.725,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7083,
    "c": 0.13748,
    "h": 161.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB86

secondary

#C886A1

accent

#4B86DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB86

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

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