#38BD83#38BD83

#38BD83 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.143 H 160.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD83
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 131)
HSL	hsl(154, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(154, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 30.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -49.22, 19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 52.84, 158.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.1341 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.143 160)
XYZ	xyz(23.9228, 38.8719, 27.7106)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD83 #BD3872

analogous

#38BD41 #38BD83 #38B4BD

triadic

#38BD83 #8338BD #BD8338

tetradic

#38BD83 #4138BD #BD3872 #B4BD38

square

#38BD83 #4138BD #BD3872 #B4BD38

split-complementary

#38BD83 #BD38B4 #BD4138

monochromatic

#1C5F42 #2A8E62 #38BD83 #62D0A0 #91DEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#38BD83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#38BD83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD83

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD83	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAF80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.143 160.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2a7',
    500: '#38bd83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd83;
$custom-light: #80d2a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.835,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71273,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 160
  },
  "luminance": 0.38875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD83

secondary

#C987A4

accent

#4A8ADE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD83

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

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