#38BD86#38BD86

#38BD86 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.140 H 161.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD86
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 134)
HSL	hsl(155, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(155, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 29.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -48.57, 17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 51.69, 159.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.1327 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.14 161.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1291, 38.9544, 28.7969)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD86 #BD386F

analogous

#38BD43 #38BD86 #38B1BD

triadic

#38BD86 #8638BD #BD8638

tetradic

#38BD86 #4338BD #BD386F #B1BD38

square

#38BD86 #4338BD #BD386F #B1BD38

split-complementary

#38BD86 #BD38B1 #BD4338

monochromatic

#1C5F43 #2A8E65 #38BD86 #62D0A3 #91DEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#38BD86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#38BD86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD86

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD86	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)

#BAAF83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.140 161.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2a9',
    500: '#38bd86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd86;
$custom-light: #80d2a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.188,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71342,
    "c": 0.14008,
    "h": 161.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD86

secondary

#C987A3

accent

#4A87DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD86

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

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