#38BE8A#38BE8A

#38BE8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.138 H 162.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE8A
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 138)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(157, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 27.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -48.09, 16.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 50.71, 161.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.1318 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.138 162.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6292, 39.4998, 30.3660)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE8A #BE386C

analogous

#38BE47 #38BE8A #38AFBE

triadic

#38BE8A #8A38BE #BE8A38

tetradic

#38BE8A #4738BE #BE386C #AFBE38

square

#38BE8A #4738BE #BE386C #AFBE38

split-complementary

#38BE8A #BE38AF #BE4738

monochromatic

#1C5F45 #2A8F68 #38BE8A #62D1A6 #92DFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38BE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#38BE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE8A

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE8A	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA48D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.138 162.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2ac',
    500: '#38be8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be8a;
$custom-light: #80d2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.716,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71692,
    "c": 0.13801,
    "h": 162.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE8A

secondary

#CA88A2

accent

#4A83DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE8A

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

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