#38BE91#38BE91

#38BE91 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.132 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE91
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 145)
HSL	hsl(160, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(160, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 23.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -46.50, 12.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 48.15, 164.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.1285 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.132 166)
XYZ	xyz(25.1524, 39.7091, 33.1216)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE91 #BE3865

analogous

#38BE4E #38BE91 #38A8BE

triadic

#38BE91 #9138BE #BE9138

tetradic

#38BE91 #4E38BE #BE3865 #A8BE38

square

#38BE91 #4E38BE #BE3865 #A8BE38

split-complementary

#38BE91 #BE38A8 #BE4E38

monochromatic

#1C5F49 #2A8F6D #38BE91 #62D1AC #92DFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38BE91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#38BE91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE91

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE91	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB18F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.132 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2b1',
    500: '#38be91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be91;
$custom-light: #80d2b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.851,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71865,
    "c": 0.13238,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.39712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE91

secondary

#CA889E

accent

#4A7CDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF5

border

#CBD3CF

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE91

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

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