#38BB9F#38BB9F

#38BB9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB9F
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 159)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 15%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -41.80, 4.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 41.99, 174.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.1188 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.119 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6561, 38.8817, 38.9469)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB9F #BB3854

analogous

#38BB5E #38BB9F #3895BB

triadic

#38BB9F #9F38BB #BB9F38

tetradic

#38BB9F #5E38BB #BB3854 #95BB38

square

#38BB9F #5E38BB #BB3854 #95BB38

split-complementary

#38BB9F #BB3895 #BB5E38

monochromatic

#1C5D4F #2A8C77 #38BB9F #61D0B8 #90DECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#38BB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#38BB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB9F

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB9F	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AF9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0bb',
    500: '#38bb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb9f;
$custom-light: #80d0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.176,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71486,
    "c": 0.11924,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB9F

secondary

#C88694

accent

#4B6ADD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB9F

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

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