#38BB9A#38BB9A

#38BB9A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.122 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB9A
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 154)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 17.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -43.06, 6.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 43.56, 171.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.1212 0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.122 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2310, 38.7116, 36.7079)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB9A #BB3859

analogous

#38BB58 #38BB9A #389BBB

triadic

#38BB9A #9A38BB #BB9A38

tetradic

#38BB9A #5838BB #BB3859 #9BBB38

square

#38BB9A #5838BB #BB3859 #9BBB38

split-complementary

#38BB9A #BB389B #BB5838

monochromatic

#1C5D4C #2A8C73 #38BB9A #61D0B4 #90DECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38BB9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#38BB9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB9A

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB9A	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.122 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0b7',
    500: '#38bb9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb9a;
$custom-light: #80d0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.885,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71344,
    "c": 0.1223,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB9A

secondary

#C88697

accent

#4B6FDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB9A

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

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