#38BB9D#38BB9D

#38BB9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.120 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB9D
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 157)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -42.31, 5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 42.61, 173.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.1197 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.12 174)
XYZ	xyz(25.4839, 38.8128, 38.0403)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB9D #BB3856

analogous

#38BB5C #38BB9D #3897BB

triadic

#38BB9D #9D38BB #BB9D38

tetradic

#38BB9D #5C38BB #BB3856 #97BB38

square

#38BB9D #5C38BB #BB3856 #97BB38

split-complementary

#38BB9D #BB3897 #BB5C38

monochromatic

#1C5D4E #2A8C75 #38BB9D #61D0B6 #90DECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38BB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#38BB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB9D

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB9D	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.120 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0b9',
    500: '#38bb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb9d;
$custom-light: #80d0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.26,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71429,
    "c": 0.12042,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.38816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB9D

secondary

#C88695

accent

#4B6CDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB9D

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

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