#38BB8E#38BB8E

#38BB8E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.131 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB8E
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 142)
HSL	hsl(159, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 24.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -45.95, 12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 47.68, 164.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.1268 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.131 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2810, 38.3316, 31.7050)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB8E #BB3865

analogous

#38BB4C #38BB8E #38A7BB

triadic

#38BB8E #8E38BB #BB8E38

tetradic

#38BB8E #4C38BB #BB3865 #A7BB38

square

#38BB8E #4C38BB #BB3865 #A7BB38

split-complementary

#38BB8E #BB38A7 #BB4C38

monochromatic

#1C5D46 #2A8C6A #38BB8E #61D0A9 #90DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#38BB8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#38BB8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB8E

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB8E	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AE8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A191

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.131 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0af',
    500: '#38bb8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb8e;
$custom-light: #80d0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.389,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71025,
    "c": 0.13094,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB8E

secondary

#C8869D

accent

#4B7DDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB8E

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

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