#38BB91#38BB91

#38BB91 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.129 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB91
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 145)
HSL	hsl(161, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(161, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 22.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -45.25, 11.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 46.61, 166.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.1254 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.129 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5093, 38.4229, 32.9072)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB91 #BB3862

analogous

#38BB4F #38BB91 #38A4BB

triadic

#38BB91 #9138BB #BB9138

tetradic

#38BB91 #4F38BB #BB3862 #A4BB38

square

#38BB91 #4F38BB #BB3862 #A4BB38

split-complementary

#38BB91 #BB38A4 #BB4F38

monochromatic

#1C5D48 #2A8C6C #38BB91 #61D0AC #90DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#38BB91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#38BB91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB91

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB91	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AE8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A194

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.129 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0b1',
    500: '#38bb91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb91;
$custom-light: #80d0b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.763,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71102,
    "c": 0.12864,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB91

secondary

#C8869C

accent

#4B7ADD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB91

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

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