#38BD88#38BD88

#38BD88 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.138 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BD88
RGBrgb(56, 189, 136)
HSLhsl(156, 54%, 48%)
HSVhsv(156, 70%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(70.4%, 0%, 28%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(68.76, -48.13, 16.67)
CIE-LCHlch(68.76, 50.93, 160.90°)
OKLaboklab(71.39% -0.1317 0.0424)
OKLCHoklch(71.39% 0.138 162.1)
XYZxyz(24.2699, 39.0108, 29.5385)
Luminance0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BD88 #BD386D
analogous
#38BD45 #38BD88 #38AFBD
triadic
#38BD88 #8838BD #BD8838
tetradic
#38BD88 #4538BD #BD386D #AFBD38
square
#38BD88 #4538BD #BD386D #AFBD38
split-complementary
#38BD88 #BD38AF #BD4538
monochromatic
#1C5F44 #2A8E66 #38BD88 #62D0A4 #91DEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39
#38BD88 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80
#38BD88 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD88
8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BD88#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BD881.002.398.808.80
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8021.001.001.00
##0000008.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAAF85
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A9A38B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDAF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bd88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.138 162.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2aa',
    500: '#38bd88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bd88;
$custom-light: #80d2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bd88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.09,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71389,
    "c": 0.13839,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BD88
secondary
#C987A2
accent
#4A85DE
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF4
border
#CBD3CE
text
#0B1410
muted
#7C837F

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#38BD88 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva