#38BD85#38BD85

#38BD85 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.141 H 160.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD85
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 133)
HSL	hsl(155, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(155, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 29.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -48.79, 18.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 52.07, 159.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.1331 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.141 160.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0597, 38.9267, 28.4314)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD85 #BD3870

analogous

#38BD42 #38BD85 #38B2BD

triadic

#38BD85 #8538BD #BD8538

tetradic

#38BD85 #4238BD #BD3870 #B2BD38

square

#38BD85 #4238BD #BD3870 #B2BD38

split-complementary

#38BD85 #BD38B2 #BD4238

monochromatic

#1C5F43 #2A8E64 #38BD85 #62D0A2 #91DEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#38BD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#38BD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD85

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD85	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAF82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.141 160.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2a8',
    500: '#38bd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd85;
$custom-light: #80d2a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.737,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71319,
    "c": 0.14094,
    "h": 160.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD85

secondary

#C987A3

accent

#4A88DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD85

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

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