#38BB8B#38BB8B

#38BB8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.133 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB8B
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 139)
HSL	hsl(158, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 25.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -46.64, 14.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 48.77, 163.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.1283 0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.133 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0588, 38.2427, 30.5347)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB8B #BB3868

analogous

#38BB49 #38BB8B #38A9BB

triadic

#38BB8B #8B38BB #BB8B38

tetradic

#38BB8B #4938BB #BB3868 #A9BB38

square

#38BB8B #4938BB #BB3868 #A9BB38

split-complementary

#38BB8B #BB38A9 #BB4938

monochromatic

#1C5D45 #2A8C68 #38BB8B #61D0A7 #90DEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38BB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#38BB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB8B

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB8B	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AE88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A18E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.133 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0ad',
    500: '#38bb8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb8b;
$custom-light: #80d0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.015,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70951,
    "c": 0.13333,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB8B

secondary

#C8869F

accent

#4B80DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB8B

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

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