#38C987#38C987

#38C987 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.155 H 158.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C987
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 135)
HSL	hsl(153, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(153, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 32.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -53.10, 22.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 57.59, 157.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.1442 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.155 158.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8880, 44.3602, 30.0623)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C987 #C9387A

analogous

#38C93F #38C987 #38C2C9

triadic

#38C987 #8738C9 #C98738

tetradic

#38C987 #3F38C9 #C9387A #C2C938

square

#38C987 #3F38C9 #C9387A #C2C938

split-complementary

#38C987 #C938C2 #C93F38

monochromatic

#1D6A47 #2A9A67 #38C987 #68D6A4 #98E3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#38C987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C987

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C987	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AD8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.155 158.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82daaa',
    500: '#38c987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c987;
$custom-light: #82daaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.69,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74432,
    "c": 0.15478,
    "h": 158.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C987

secondary

#CF8EAC

accent

#478DE1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C987

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

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