#38BE9A#38BE9A

#38BE9A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.126 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BE9A
RGBrgb(56, 190, 154)
HSLhsl(164, 54%, 48%)
HSVhsv(164, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.5%, 0%, 18.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(69.47, -44.35, 7.89)
CIE-LCHlch(69.47, 45.04, 169.91°)
OKLaboklab(72.1% -0.1242 0.0201)
OKLCHoklch(72.1% 0.126 170.8)
XYZxyz(25.8741, 39.9978, 36.9223)
Luminance0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BE9A #BE385C
analogous
#38BE57 #38BE9A #389FBE
triadic
#38BE9A #9A38BE #BE9A38
tetradic
#38BE9A #5738BE #BE385C #9FBE38
square
#38BE9A #5738BE #BE385C #9FBE38
split-complementary
#38BE9A #BE389F #BE5738
monochromatic
#1C5F4D #2A8F74 #38BE9A #62D1B3 #92DFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33
#38BE9A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00
#38BE9A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE9A
9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BE9A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BE9A1.002.339.009.00
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0021.001.001.00
##0000009.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8B198
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A7A49C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38be9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.126 170.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2b7',
    500: '#38be9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38be9a;
$custom-light: #81d2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38be9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.881,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72102,
    "c": 0.12584,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BE9A
secondary
#CA889A
accent
#4A72DE
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1411
muted
#7D8380

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#38BE9A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva