#38BA85#38BA85

#38BA85 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.137 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BA85
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 133)
HSL	hsl(156, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(156, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 28.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -47.57, 16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 50.49, 160.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.1301 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.137 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4210, 37.6494, 28.2185)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BA85 #BA386D

analogous

#38BA44 #38BA85 #38AEBA

triadic

#38BA85 #8538BA #BA8538

tetradic

#38BA85 #4438BA #BA386D #AEBA38

square

#38BA85 #4438BA #BA386D #AEBA38

split-complementary

#38BA85 #BA38AE #BA4438

monochromatic

#1C5C42 #2A8B63 #38BA85 #60CFA2 #8FDDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#38BA85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#38BA85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BA85

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BA85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BA85	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AC82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ba85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.137 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fd0a8',
    500: '#38ba85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ba85;
$custom-light: #7fd0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ba85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.538,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7055,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BA85

secondary

#C886A1

accent

#4B86DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BA85

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

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