#38BE94#38BE94

#38BE94 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.130 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE94
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 148)
HSL	hsl(161, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(161, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 22.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -45.79, 10.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 47.09, 166.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.127 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.13 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3868, 39.8029, 34.3560)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE94 #BE3862

analogous

#38BE51 #38BE94 #38A5BE

triadic

#38BE94 #9438BE #BE9438

tetradic

#38BE94 #5138BE #BE3862 #A5BE38

square

#38BE94 #5138BE #BE3862 #A5BE38

split-complementary

#38BE94 #BE38A5 #BE5138

monochromatic

#1C5F4A #2A8F6F #38BE94 #62D1AE #92DFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BE94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#38BE94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE94

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE94	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.130 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2b3',
    500: '#38be94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be94;
$custom-light: #80d2b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.194,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71942,
    "c": 0.13011,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE94

secondary

#CA889D

accent

#4A78DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE94

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

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