#38BD8E#38BD8E

#38BD8E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.133 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD8E
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 142)
HSL	hsl(159, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 24.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -46.78, 13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 48.71, 163.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.1289 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.133 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7083, 39.1861, 31.8474)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD8E #BD3867

analogous

#38BD4B #38BD8E #38A9BD

triadic

#38BD8E #8E38BD #BD8E38

tetradic

#38BD8E #4B38BD #BD3867 #A9BD38

square

#38BD8E #4B38BD #BD3867 #A9BD38

split-complementary

#38BD8E #BD38A9 #BD4B38

monochromatic

#1C5F47 #2A8E6B #38BD8E #62D0A9 #91DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38BD8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#38BD8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD8E

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD8E	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B08B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A391

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.133 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2af',
    500: '#38bd8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd8e;
$custom-light: #80d2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.797,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71535,
    "c": 0.13348,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD8E

secondary

#C9879F

accent

#4A7EDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD8E

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

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