#38BE93#38BE93

#38BE93 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.131 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE93
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 147)
HSL	hsl(161, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(161, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 22.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -46.03, 11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 47.44, 166.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.1275 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.131 167)
XYZ	xyz(25.3080, 39.7713, 33.9409)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE93 #BE3863

analogous

#38BE50 #38BE93 #38A6BE

triadic

#38BE93 #9338BE #BE9338

tetradic

#38BE93 #5038BE #BE3863 #A6BE38

square

#38BE93 #5038BE #BE3863 #A6BE38

split-complementary

#38BE93 #BE38A6 #BE5038

monochromatic

#1C5F4A #2A8F6E #38BE93 #62D1AD #92DFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38BE93 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#38BE93 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE93

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE93	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE93	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be93;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.131 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2b2',
    500: '#38be93',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be93;
$custom-light: #80d2b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be93",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.746,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71916,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.39774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE93

secondary

#CA889D

accent

#4A79DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF5

border

#CBD3CF

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE93

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

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