#38BB8D#38BB8D

#38BB8D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.132 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB8D
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 141)
HSL	hsl(159, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 24.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -46.18, 13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 48.04, 164.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.1273 0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.132 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2063, 38.3017, 31.3114)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB8D #BB3866

analogous

#38BB4B #38BB8D #38A8BB

triadic

#38BB8D #8D38BB #BB8D38

tetradic

#38BB8D #4B38BB #BB3866 #A8BB38

square

#38BB8D #4B38BB #BB3866 #A8BB38

split-complementary

#38BB8D #BB38A8 #BB4B38

monochromatic

#1C5D46 #2A8C69 #38BB8D #61D0A9 #90DEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#38BB8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#38BB8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB8D

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB8D	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AE8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A190

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.132 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0ae',
    500: '#38bb8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb8d;
$custom-light: #80d0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.931,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB8D

secondary

#C8869E

accent

#4B7EDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB8D

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

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