#38BA95#38BA95

#38BA95 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.124 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BA95
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 149)
HSL	hsl(163, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 19.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -43.86, 8.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 44.72, 168.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.1225 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.124 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6118, 38.1257, 34.4898)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BA95 #BA385D

analogous

#38BA54 #38BA95 #389EBA

triadic

#38BA95 #9538BA #BA9538

tetradic

#38BA95 #5438BA #BA385D #9EBA38

square

#38BA95 #5438BA #BA385D #9EBA38

split-complementary

#38BA95 #BA389E #BA5438

monochromatic

#1C5C4A #2A8B6F #38BA95 #60CFB0 #8FDDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38BA95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#38BA95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BA95

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BA95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BA95	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AD93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ba95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.124 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfb4',
    500: '#38ba95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ba95;
$custom-light: #80cfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ba95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.923,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70954,
    "c": 0.12449,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BA95

secondary

#C88699

accent

#4B74DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BA95

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

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