#38BD94#38BD94

#38BD94 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.129 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD94
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 148)
HSL	hsl(162, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(162, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 21.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -45.38, 10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 46.58, 166.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.126 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.129 168)
XYZ	xyz(25.1709, 39.3712, 34.2841)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD94 #BD3861

analogous

#38BD51 #38BD94 #38A3BD

triadic

#38BD94 #9438BD #BD9438

tetradic

#38BD94 #5138BD #BD3861 #A3BD38

square

#38BD94 #5138BD #BD3861 #A3BD38

split-complementary

#38BD94 #BD38A3 #BD5138

monochromatic

#1C5F4A #2A8E6F #38BD94 #62D0AE #91DEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38BD94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#38BD94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD94

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD94	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.129 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2b3',
    500: '#38bd94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd94;
$custom-light: #80d2b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.504,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71689,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.39374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD94

secondary

#C9879C

accent

#4A78DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD94

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

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