#38BB81#38BB81

#38BB81 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.142 H 159.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB81
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 129)
HSL	hsl(153, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(153, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 31%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -48.84, 19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 52.55, 158.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.133 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.142 159.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3613, 37.9637, 26.8612)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB81 #BB3872

analogous

#38BB40 #38BB81 #38B3BB

triadic

#38BB81 #8138BB #BB8138

tetradic

#38BB81 #4038BB #BB3872 #B3BB38

square

#38BB81 #4038BB #BB3872 #B3BB38

split-complementary

#38BB81 #BB38B3 #BB4038

monochromatic

#1C5D40 #2A8C61 #38BB81 #61D09E #90DEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#38BB81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#38BB81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB81

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB81	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#B9AD7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.142 159.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fd0a5',
    500: '#38bb81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb81;
$custom-light: #7fd0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.435,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70714,
    "c": 0.14179,
    "h": 159.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB81

secondary

#C886A4

accent

#4B8BDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB81

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

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