#38BE7E#38BE7E

#38BE7E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.148 H 157.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE7E
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 126)
HSL	hsl(151, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(151, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 33.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -50.66, 22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 55.30, 156.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.1374 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.148 157.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8079, 39.1713, 26.0407)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE7E #BE3878

analogous

#38BE3B #38BE7E #38BBBE

triadic

#38BE7E #7E38BE #BE7E38

tetradic

#38BE7E #3B38BE #BE3878 #BBBE38

square

#38BE7E #3B38BE #BE3878 #BBBE38

split-complementary

#38BE7E #BE38BB #BE3B38

monochromatic

#1C5F3F #2A8F5F #38BE7E #62D19C #92DFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38BE7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#38BE7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE7E

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE7E	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAF7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA382

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.148 157.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2a3',
    500: '#38be7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be7e;
$custom-light: #80d2a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.343,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7142,
    "c": 0.1484,
    "h": 157.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE7E

secondary

#CA88A7

accent

#4A91DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE7E

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