#38BB88#38BB88

#38BB88 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.136 H 162.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB88
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 136)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 27.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -47.32, 15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 49.88, 161.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.1297 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.136 162.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8426, 38.1563, 29.3961)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB88 #BB386B

analogous

#38BB46 #38BB88 #38ACBB

triadic

#38BB88 #8838BB #BB8838

tetradic

#38BB88 #4638BB #BB386B #ACBB38

square

#38BB88 #4638BB #BB386B #ACBB38

split-complementary

#38BB88 #BB38AC #BB4638

monochromatic

#1C5D43 #2A8C66 #38BB88 #61D0A4 #90DEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38BB88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#38BB88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB88

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB88	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AD85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A18B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.136 162.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0aa',
    500: '#38bb88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb88;
$custom-light: #80d0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.641,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70877,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 162.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB88

secondary

#C886A0

accent

#4B84DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB88

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

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