#38BA8A#38BA8A

#38BA8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.133 H 164.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BA8A
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 138)
HSL	hsl(158, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 25.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -46.45, 14.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 48.62, 162.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.1277 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.133 164)
XYZ	xyz(23.7747, 37.7908, 30.0812)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BA8A #BA3868

analogous

#38BA49 #38BA8A #38A9BA

triadic

#38BA8A #8A38BA #BA8A38

tetradic

#38BA8A #4938BA #BA3868 #A9BA38

square

#38BA8A #4938BA #BA3868 #A9BA38

split-complementary

#38BA8A #BA38A9 #BA4938

monochromatic

#1C5C44 #2A8B67 #38BA8A #60CFA6 #8FDDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38BA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#38BA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BA8A

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BA8A	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AD87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A08D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ba8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.133 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfac',
    500: '#38ba8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ba8a;
$custom-light: #7fcfac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ba8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.846,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7067,
    "c": 0.13286,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.37794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BA8A

secondary

#C8869E

accent

#4B81DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BA8A

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

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