#38BE81#38BE81

#38BE81 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.146 H 159.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE81
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 129)
HSL	hsl(153, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(153, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 32.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -50.04, 20.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 54.14, 157.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.136 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.146 159)
XYZ	xyz(24.0044, 39.2499, 27.0755)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE81 #BE3875

analogous

#38BE3E #38BE81 #38B8BE

triadic

#38BE81 #8138BE #BE8138

tetradic

#38BE81 #3E38BE #BE3875 #B8BE38

square

#38BE81 #3E38BE #BE3875 #B8BE38

split-complementary

#38BE81 #BE38B8 #BE3E38

monochromatic

#1C5F41 #2A8F61 #38BE81 #62D19F #92DFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38BE81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#38BE81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE81

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE81	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)

#BCAF7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.146 159.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2a6',
    500: '#38be81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be81;
$custom-light: #80d2a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.687,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71485,
    "c": 0.14574,
    "h": 159
  },
  "luminance": 0.39253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE81

secondary

#CA88A6

accent

#4A8DDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE81

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

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