#38BD8D#38BD8D

#38BD8D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.134 H 164.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD8D
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 141)
HSL	hsl(158, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 25.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -47.01, 14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 49.08, 163.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.1293 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.134 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6335, 39.1562, 31.4538)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD8D #BD3868

analogous

#38BD4A #38BD8D #38AABD

triadic

#38BD8D #8D38BD #BD8D38

tetradic

#38BD8D #4A38BD #BD3868 #AABD38

square

#38BD8D #4A38BD #BD3868 #AABD38

split-complementary

#38BD8D #BD38AA #BD4A38

monochromatic

#1C5F47 #2A8E6A #38BD8D #62D0A8 #91DEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38BD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#38BD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD8D

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD8D	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A390

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.134 164.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2ae',
    500: '#38bd8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd8d;
$custom-light: #80d2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.346,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7151,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD8D

secondary

#C9879F

accent

#4A7FDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD8D

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

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