#38BD8F#38BD8F

#38BD8F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.133 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD8F
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 143)
HSL	hsl(159, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 24.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -46.55, 13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 48.35, 164.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.1284 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.133 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7837, 39.2163, 32.2446)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD8F #BD3866

analogous

#38BD4C #38BD8F #38A8BD

triadic

#38BD8F #8F38BD #BD8F38

tetradic

#38BD8F #4C38BD #BD3866 #A8BD38

square

#38BD8F #4C38BD #BD3866 #A8BD38

split-complementary

#38BD8F #BD38A8 #BD4C38

monochromatic

#1C5F48 #2A8E6B #38BD8F #62D0AA #91DEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38BD8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#38BD8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD8F

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD8F	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#B9B08D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A392

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.133 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2af',
    500: '#38bd8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd8f;
$custom-light: #80d2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.248,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7156,
    "c": 0.13268,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD8F

secondary

#C9879E

accent

#4A7DDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD8F

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

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