#38BD91#38BD91

#38BD91 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.131 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD91
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 145)
HSL	hsl(160, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 23.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -46.08, 12.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 47.63, 165.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.1275 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.131 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9366, 39.2774, 33.0497)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD91 #BD3864

analogous

#38BD4E #38BD91 #38A7BD

triadic

#38BD91 #9138BD #BD9138

tetradic

#38BD91 #4E38BD #BD3864 #A7BD38

square

#38BD91 #4E38BD #BD3864 #A7BD38

split-complementary

#38BD91 #BD38A7 #BD4E38

monochromatic

#1C5F49 #2A8E6D #38BD91 #62D0AC #91DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38BD91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#38BD91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD91

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD91	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B08F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.131 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2b1',
    500: '#38bd91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd91;
$custom-light: #80d2b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.15,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71611,
    "c": 0.13114,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD91

secondary

#C9879D

accent

#4A7BDE

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD91

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

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