#38BD90#38BD90

#38BD90 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.132 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD90
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 144)
HSL	hsl(160, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 23.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -46.32, 12.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 47.99, 164.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.1279 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.132 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8598, 39.2467, 32.6454)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD90 #BD3865

analogous

#38BD4D #38BD90 #38A8BD

triadic

#38BD90 #9038BD #BD9038

tetradic

#38BD90 #4D38BD #BD3865 #A8BD38

square

#38BD90 #4D38BD #BD3865 #A8BD38

split-complementary

#38BD90 #BD38A8 #BD4D38

monochromatic

#1C5F48 #2A8E6C #38BD90 #62D0AB #91DEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38BD90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#38BD90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD90

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD90	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B08E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A393

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.132 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2b0',
    500: '#38bd90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd90;
$custom-light: #80d2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.699,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71585,
    "c": 0.1319,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD90

secondary

#C9879E

accent

#4A7CDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD90

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

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