#38BB8F#38BB8F

#38BB8F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.130 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB8F
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 143)
HSL	hsl(160, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 23.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -45.72, 12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 47.32, 165.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.1264 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.13 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3565, 38.3618, 32.1022)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB8F #BB3864

analogous

#38BB4D #38BB8F #38A6BB

triadic

#38BB8F #8F38BB #BB8F38

tetradic

#38BB8F #4D38BB #BB3864 #A6BB38

square

#38BB8F #4D38BB #BB3864 #A6BB38

split-complementary

#38BB8F #BB38A6 #BB4D38

monochromatic

#1C5D47 #2A8C6B #38BB8F #61D0AA #90DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#38BB8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#38BB8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB8F

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB8F	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)

#B7AE8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A192

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.130 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0af',
    500: '#38bb8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb8f;
$custom-light: #80d0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.847,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71051,
    "c": 0.13017,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB8F

secondary

#C8869D

accent

#4B7CDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB8F

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

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