#38BA8F#38BA8F

#38BA8F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.129 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BA8F
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 143)
HSL	hsl(160, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 23.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -45.30, 11.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 46.80, 165.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.1253 0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.129 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1451, 37.9390, 32.0317)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BA8F #BA3863

analogous

#38BA4E #38BA8F #38A4BA

triadic

#38BA8F #8F38BA #BA8F38

tetradic

#38BA8F #4E38BA #BA3863 #A4BA38

square

#38BA8F #4E38BA #BA3863 #A4BA38

split-complementary

#38BA8F #BA38A4 #BA4E38

monochromatic

#1C5C47 #2A8B6B #38BA8F #60CFAA #8FDDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38BA8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#38BA8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BA8F

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BA8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BA8F	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AD8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A192

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ba8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.129 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfaf',
    500: '#38ba8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ba8f;
$custom-light: #80cfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ba8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.154,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70796,
    "c": 0.12891,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BA8F

secondary

#C8869C

accent

#4B7BDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BA8F

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

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