#38BB95#38BB95

#38BB95 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.126 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB95
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 149)
HSL	hsl(163, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 20.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -44.29, 9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 45.22, 168.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.1235 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.126 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8232, 38.5485, 34.5603)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB95 #BB385E

analogous

#38BB53 #38BB95 #38A0BB

triadic

#38BB95 #9538BB #BB9538

tetradic

#38BB95 #5338BB #BB385E #A0BB38

square

#38BB95 #5338BB #BB385E #A0BB38

split-complementary

#38BB95 #BB38A0 #BB5338

monochromatic

#1C5D4A #2A8C6F #38BB95 #61D0AF #90DEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38BB95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#38BB95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB95

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB95	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AE93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.126 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0b4',
    500: '#38bb95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb95;
$custom-light: #80d0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.595,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71208,
    "c": 0.1257,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB95

secondary

#C8869A

accent

#4B75DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB95

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

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