#38BE8D#38BE8D

#38BE8D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.136 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE8D
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 141)
HSL	hsl(158, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(158, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 25.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -47.42, 14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 49.60, 162.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.1304 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.136 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8494, 39.5879, 31.5257)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE8D #BE3869

analogous

#38BE4A #38BE8D #38ACBE

triadic

#38BE8D #8D38BE #BE8D38

tetradic

#38BE8D #4A38BE #BE3869 #ACBE38

square

#38BE8D #4A38BE #BE3869 #ACBE38

split-complementary

#38BE8D #BE38AC #BE4A38

monochromatic

#1C5F47 #2A8F6A #38BE8D #62D1A8 #92DFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38BE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#38BE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE8D

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE8D	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB08A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.136 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2ae',
    500: '#38be8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be8d;
$custom-light: #80d2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.06,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71765,
    "c": 0.13555,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE8D

secondary

#CA88A0

accent

#4A80DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE8D

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

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