#38BE85#38BE85

#38BE85 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.142 H 160.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE85
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 133)
HSL	hsl(154, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(154, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 30%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -49.19, 18.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 52.60, 159.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.1341 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.142 160.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2755, 39.3584, 28.5033)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE85 #BE3871

analogous

#38BE42 #38BE85 #38B4BE

triadic

#38BE85 #8538BE #BE8538

tetradic

#38BE85 #4238BE #BE3871 #B4BE38

square

#38BE85 #4238BE #BE3871 #B4BE38

split-complementary

#38BE85 #BE38B4 #BE4238

monochromatic

#1C5F43 #2A8F64 #38BE85 #62D1A2 #92DFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38BE85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#38BE85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE85

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE85	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)

#BCB082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.142 160.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2a8',
    500: '#38be85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be85;
$custom-light: #80d2a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.478,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71575,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 160.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE85

secondary

#CA88A4

accent

#4A89DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE85

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

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