#38BE95#38BE95

#38BE95 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.129 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE95
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 149)
HSL	hsl(162, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(162, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 21.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -45.56, 10.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 46.74, 167.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.1266 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.129 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4663, 39.8347, 34.7747)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE95 #BE3861

analogous

#38BE52 #38BE95 #38A4BE

triadic

#38BE95 #9538BE #BE9538

tetradic

#38BE95 #5238BE #BE3861 #A4BE38

square

#38BE95 #5238BE #BE3861 #A4BE38

split-complementary

#38BE95 #BE38A4 #BE5238

monochromatic

#1C5F4B #2A8F70 #38BE95 #62D1AF #92DFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BE95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#38BE95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE95

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE95	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.129 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2b4',
    500: '#38be95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be95;
$custom-light: #80d2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.642,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71968,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE95

secondary

#CA889C

accent

#4A77DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE95

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

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