#38BE8E#38BE8E

#38BE8E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.135 H 164.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE8E
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 142)
HSL	hsl(159, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(159, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 25.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -47.19, 14.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 49.23, 163.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.1299 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.135 164.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9241, 39.6178, 31.9194)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE8E #BE3868

analogous

#38BE4B #38BE8E #38ABBE

triadic

#38BE8E #8E38BE #BE8E38

tetradic

#38BE8E #4B38BE #BE3868 #ABBE38

square

#38BE8E #4B38BE #BE3868 #ABBE38

split-complementary

#38BE8E #BE38AB #BE4B38

monochromatic

#1C5F47 #2A8F6B #38BE8E #62D1A9 #92DFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38BE8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#38BE8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE8E

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE8E	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)

#BAB08B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A491

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.135 164.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2af',
    500: '#38be8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be8e;
$custom-light: #80d2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.507,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7179,
    "c": 0.13474,
    "h": 164.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE8E

secondary

#CA88A0

accent

#4A7FDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE8E

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

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