#38BE9B#38BE9B

#38BE9B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.125 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE9B
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 155)
HSL	hsl(164, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 18.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -44.10, 7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 44.71, 170.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.1237 0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.125 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9577, 40.0312, 37.3628)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE9B #BE385B

analogous

#38BE58 #38BE9B #389EBE

triadic

#38BE9B #9B38BE #BE9B38

tetradic

#38BE9B #5838BE #BE385B #9EBE38

square

#38BE9B #5838BE #BE385B #9EBE38

split-complementary

#38BE9B #BE389E #BE5838

monochromatic

#1C5F4E #2A8F74 #38BE9B #62D1B4 #92DFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BE9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#38BE9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE9B

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE9B	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.125 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2b8',
    500: '#38be9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be9b;
$custom-light: #81d2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.328,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72129,
    "c": 0.12517,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE9B

secondary

#CA8899

accent

#4A71DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE9B

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

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