#38BD98#38BD98

#38BD98 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.126 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD98
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 152)
HSL	hsl(163, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 19.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -44.41, 8.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 45.21, 169.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.1241 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.126 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4930, 39.5000, 35.9804)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD98 #BD385D

analogous

#38BD55 #38BD98 #38A0BD

triadic

#38BD98 #9838BD #BD9838

tetradic

#38BD98 #5538BD #BD385D #A0BD38

square

#38BD98 #5538BD #BD385D #A0BD38

split-complementary

#38BD98 #BD38A0 #BD5538

monochromatic

#1C5F4C #2A8E72 #38BD98 #62D0B2 #91DEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38BD98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#38BD98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD98

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD98	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.126 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2b6',
    500: '#38bd98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd98;
$custom-light: #80d2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.308,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71795,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD98

secondary

#C9879A

accent

#4A73DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD98

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

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