#38CA87#38CA87

#38CA87 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.156 H 158.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CA87
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 135)
HSL	hsl(152, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(152, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 33.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -53.49, 22.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 58.11, 156.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.1451 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.156 158.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1219, 44.8279, 30.1402)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CA87 #CA387B

analogous

#38CA3E #38CA87 #38C4CA

triadic

#38CA87 #8738CA #CA8738

tetradic

#38CA87 #3E38CA #CA387B #C4CA38

square

#38CA87 #3E38CA #CA387B #C4CA38

split-complementary

#38CA87 #CA38C4 #CA3E38

monochromatic

#1D6B47 #299B67 #38CA87 #68D7A4 #99E4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38CA87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#38CA87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA87

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CA87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CA87	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BA83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AD8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ca87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.156 158.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dbaa',
    500: '#38ca87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ca87;
$custom-light: #82dbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ca87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.466,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74687,
    "c": 0.15607,
    "h": 158.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CA87

secondary

#CF8EAC

accent

#478EE1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA87

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

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