#38BB8A#38BB8A

#38BB8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.134 H 163.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB8A
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 138)
HSL	hsl(158, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -46.87, 14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 49.14, 162.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.1287 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.134 163.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9861, 38.2137, 30.1517)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB8A #BB3869

analogous

#38BB48 #38BB8A #38AABB

triadic

#38BB8A #8A38BB #BB8A38

tetradic

#38BB8A #4838BB #BB3869 #AABB38

square

#38BB8A #4838BB #BB3869 #AABB38

split-complementary

#38BB8A #BB38AA #BB4838

monochromatic

#1C5D44 #2A8C67 #38BB8A #61D0A6 #90DEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38BB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#38BB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB8A

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB8A	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AD87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A18D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.134 163.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0ac',
    500: '#38bb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb8a;
$custom-light: #80d0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.557,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70926,
    "c": 0.13414,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB8A

secondary

#C8869F

accent

#4B81DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB8A

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

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