#38BD8A#38BD8A

#38BD8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.137 H 163.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD8A
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 138)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 27%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -47.69, 15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 50.19, 161.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.1308 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.137 163)
XYZ	xyz(24.4133, 39.0681, 30.2941)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD8A #BD386B

analogous

#38BD47 #38BD8A #38AEBD

triadic

#38BD8A #8A38BD #BD8A38

tetradic

#38BD8A #4738BD #BD386B #AEBD38

square

#38BD8A #4738BD #BD386B #AEBD38

split-complementary

#38BD8A #BD38AE #BD4738

monochromatic

#1C5F45 #2A8E68 #38BD8A #62D0A6 #91DEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38BD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#38BD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD8A

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD8A	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAF87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.137 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2ac',
    500: '#38bd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd8a;
$custom-light: #80d2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.992,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71437,
    "c": 0.13673,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.39071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD8A

secondary

#C987A1

accent

#4A83DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD8A

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

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