#38BD8B#38BD8B

#38BD8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.136 H 163.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD8B
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 139)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 26.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -47.46, 15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 49.81, 162.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.1303 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.136 163.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4861, 39.0972, 30.6771)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD8B #BD386A

analogous

#38BD49 #38BD8B #38ACBD

triadic

#38BD8B #8B38BD #BD8B38

tetradic

#38BD8B #4938BD #BD386A #ACBD38

square

#38BD8B #4938BD #BD386A #ACBD38

split-complementary

#38BD8B #BD38AC #BD4938

monochromatic

#1C5F46 #2A8E68 #38BD8B #62D0A7 #91DEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38BD8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#38BD8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD8B

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD8B	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAF88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A38E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.136 163.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2ad',
    500: '#38bd8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd8b;
$custom-light: #80d2ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.444,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71461,
    "c": 0.13589,
    "h": 163.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD8B

secondary

#C987A0

accent

#4A82DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD8B

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

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