#38C887#38C887

#38C887 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.153 H 158.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C887
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 135)
HSL	hsl(153, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(153, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 32.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -52.71, 21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 57.07, 157.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.1432 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.154 158.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6557, 43.8955, 29.9848)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C887 #C83879

analogous

#38C83F #38C887 #38C1C8

triadic

#38C887 #8738C8 #C88738

tetradic

#38C887 #3F38C8 #C83879 #C1C838

square

#38C887 #3F38C8 #C83879 #C1C838

split-complementary

#38C887 #C838C1 #C83F38

monochromatic

#1D6946 #2A9967 #38C887 #68D5A4 #98E3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C887 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#38C887 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C887

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C887	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C887	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AC8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c887;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.153 158.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82daaa',
    500: '#38c887',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c887;
$custom-light: #82daaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c887",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.917,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74177,
    "c": 0.1535,
    "h": 158.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C887

secondary

#CE8EAB

accent

#488DE0

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C887

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

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