#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
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 136)
HSL	hsl(156, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(156, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 28%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -48.13, 16.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 50.93, 160.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.1317 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.138 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2699, 39.0108, 29.5385)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38BD88	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD88

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

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