#38C88B#38C88B

#38C88B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.150 H 160.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C88B
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 139)
HSL	hsl(155, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(155, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 30.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -51.87, 19.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 55.55, 159.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.1413 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.15 160.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9426, 44.0103, 31.4960)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C88B #C83875

analogous

#38C843 #38C88B #38BDC8

triadic

#38C88B #8B38C8 #C88B38

tetradic

#38C88B #4338C8 #C83875 #BDC838

square

#38C88B #4338C8 #C83875 #BDC838

split-complementary

#38C88B #C838BD #C84338

monochromatic

#1D6949 #2A996A #38C88B #68D5A7 #98E3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C88B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#38C88B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C88B

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C88B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C88B	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AC8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c88b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.150 160.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82daad',
    500: '#38c88b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c88b;
$custom-light: #82daad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c88b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.583,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74265,
    "c": 0.15003,
    "h": 160.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C88B

secondary

#CE8EA9

accent

#4888E0

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C88B

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

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