#38BA94#38BA94

#38BA94 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.125 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BA94
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 148)
HSL	hsl(162, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(162, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 20.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -44.11, 9.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 45.06, 168.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.123 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.125 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5323, 38.0939, 34.0712)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BA94 #BA385E

analogous

#38BA53 #38BA94 #389FBA

triadic

#38BA94 #9438BA #BA9438

tetradic

#38BA94 #5338BA #BA385E #9FBA38

square

#38BA94 #5338BA #BA385E #9FBA38

split-complementary

#38BA94 #BA389F #BA5338

monochromatic

#1C5C49 #2A8B6F #38BA94 #60CFAF #8FDDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#38BA94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#38BA94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BA94

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BA94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BA94	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AD92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ba94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.125 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfb3',
    500: '#38ba94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ba94;
$custom-light: #80cfb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ba94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.462,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70927,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BA94

secondary

#C88699

accent

#4B75DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BA94

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

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