#38BE8B#38BE8B

#38BE8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.137 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE8B
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 139)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(157, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 26.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -47.87, 15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 50.34, 161.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.1313 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.137 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7019, 39.5289, 30.7491)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE8B #BE386B

analogous

#38BE48 #38BE8B #38AEBE

triadic

#38BE8B #8B38BE #BE8B38

tetradic

#38BE8B #4838BE #BE386B #AEBE38

square

#38BE8B #4838BE #BE386B #AEBE38

split-complementary

#38BE8B #BE38AE #BE4838

monochromatic

#1C5F46 #2A8F68 #38BE8B #62D1A7 #92DFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38BE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#38BE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE8B

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE8B	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A48E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.137 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2ad',
    500: '#38be8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be8b;
$custom-light: #80d2ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.164,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71716,
    "c": 0.13717,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE8B

secondary

#CA88A1

accent

#4A82DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE8B

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

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