#38BA8B#38BA8B

#38BA8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.132 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BA8B
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 139)
HSL	hsl(158, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 25.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -46.23, 13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 48.25, 163.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.1272 0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.132 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8474, 37.8199, 30.4643)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BA8B #BA3867

analogous

#38BA4A #38BA8B #38A8BA

triadic

#38BA8B #8B38BA #BA8B38

tetradic

#38BA8B #4A38BA #BA3867 #A8BA38

square

#38BA8B #4A38BA #BA3867 #A8BA38

split-complementary

#38BA8B #BA38A8 #BA4A38

monochromatic

#1C5C45 #2A8B68 #38BA8B #60CFA7 #8FDDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38BA8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#38BA8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BA8B

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BA8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BA8B	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)

#B6AD88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A08E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ba8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.132 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfad',
    500: '#38ba8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ba8b;
$custom-light: #7fcfad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ba8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.308,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70695,
    "c": 0.13206,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BA8B

secondary

#C8869E

accent

#4B80DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BA8B

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

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