#38BE88#38BE88

#38BE88 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.140 H 161.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE88
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 136)
HSL	hsl(156, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(156, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 28.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -48.54, 17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 51.46, 160.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.1327 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.14 161.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4857, 39.4424, 29.6105)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE88 #BE386E

analogous

#38BE45 #38BE88 #38B1BE

triadic

#38BE88 #8838BE #BE8838

tetradic

#38BE88 #4538BE #BE386E #B1BE38

square

#38BE88 #4538BE #BE386E #B1BE38

split-complementary

#38BE88 #BE38B1 #BE4538

monochromatic

#1C5F44 #2A8F66 #38BE88 #62D1A4 #92DFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38BE88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#38BE88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE88

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE88	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA48B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.140 161.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2ab',
    500: '#38be88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be88;
$custom-light: #80d2ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.821,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71645,
    "c": 0.13968,
    "h": 161.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE88

secondary

#CA88A3

accent

#4A86DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE88

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

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