#38BD81#38BD81

#38BD81 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.144 H 159.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD81
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 129)
HSL	hsl(153, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(153, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 31.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -49.64, 20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 53.61, 157.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.135 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.144 159.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7886, 38.8182, 27.0036)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD81 #BD3874

analogous

#38BD3E #38BD81 #38B7BD

triadic

#38BD81 #8138BD #BD8138

tetradic

#38BD81 #3E38BD #BD3874 #B7BD38

square

#38BD81 #3E38BD #BD3874 #B7BD38

split-complementary

#38BD81 #BD38B7 #BD3E38

monochromatic

#1C5F41 #2A8E61 #38BD81 #62D09F #91DEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38BD81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#38BD81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD81

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD81	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)

#BBAF7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.144 159.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2a6',
    500: '#38bd81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd81;
$custom-light: #80d2a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.932,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71228,
    "c": 0.14442,
    "h": 159.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD81

secondary

#C987A5

accent

#4A8DDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD81

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

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