#38BB9B#38BB9B

#38BB9B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.122 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB9B
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 155)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 17.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -42.81, 6.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 43.24, 171.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.1207 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.122 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3146, 38.7451, 37.1484)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB9B #BB3858

analogous

#38BB5A #38BB9B #3899BB

triadic

#38BB9B #9B38BB #BB9B38

tetradic

#38BB9B #5A38BB #BB3858 #99BB38

square

#38BB9B #5A38BB #BB3858 #99BB38

split-complementary

#38BB9B #BB3899 #BB5A38

monochromatic

#1C5D4D #2A8C74 #38BB9B #61D0B4 #90DECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38BB9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#38BB9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB9B

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB9B	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.122 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0b8',
    500: '#38bb9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb9b;
$custom-light: #80d0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.344,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71372,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB9B

secondary

#C88696

accent

#4B6EDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB9B

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

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