#38BE87#38BE87

#38BE87 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.141 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE87
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 135)
HSL	hsl(155, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(155, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 28.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -48.76, 17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 51.84, 160.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.1332 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.141 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4150, 39.4142, 29.2379)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE87 #BE386F

analogous

#38BE44 #38BE87 #38B2BE

triadic

#38BE87 #8738BE #BE8738

tetradic

#38BE87 #4438BE #BE386F #B2BE38

square

#38BE87 #4438BE #BE386F #B2BE38

split-complementary

#38BE87 #BE38B2 #BE4438

monochromatic

#1C5F44 #2A8F65 #38BE87 #62D1A3 #92DFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38BE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#38BE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE87

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE87	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA48B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.141 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2aa',
    500: '#38be87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be87;
$custom-light: #80d2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.373,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71622,
    "c": 0.14053,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE87

secondary

#CA88A3

accent

#4A87DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE87

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

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