#38BA8D#38BA8D

#38BA8D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.130 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BA8D
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 141)
HSL	hsl(159, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 24.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -45.77, 12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 47.52, 164.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.1263 0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.13 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9949, 37.8789, 31.2409)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BA8D #BA3865

analogous

#38BA4C #38BA8D #38A6BA

triadic

#38BA8D #8D38BA #BA8D38

tetradic

#38BA8D #4C38BA #BA3865 #A6BA38

square

#38BA8D #4C38BA #BA3865 #A6BA38

split-complementary

#38BA8D #BA38A6 #BA4C38

monochromatic

#1C5C46 #2A8B69 #38BA8D #60CFA9 #8FDDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38BA8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#38BA8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BA8D

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BA8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BA8D	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AD8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A090

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ba8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.130 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfae',
    500: '#38ba8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ba8d;
$custom-light: #80cfae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ba8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.231,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70745,
    "c": 0.13047,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BA8D

secondary

#C8869D

accent

#4B7DDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BA8D

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

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