#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
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 154)
HSL	hsl(164, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 18.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -44.35, 7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 45.04, 169.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.1242 0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.126 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8741, 39.9978, 36.9223)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38BE9A	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE9A

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

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