#38BE9C#38BE9C

#38BE9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.125 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE9C
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 156)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 17.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -43.85, 6.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 44.39, 171.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.1233 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.125 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0420, 40.0650, 37.8069)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE9C #BE385A

analogous

#38BE59 #38BE9C #389DBE

triadic

#38BE9C #9C38BE #BE9C38

tetradic

#38BE9C #5938BE #BE385A #9DBE38

square

#38BE9C #5938BE #BE385A #9DBE38

split-complementary

#38BE9C #BE389D #BE5938

monochromatic

#1C5F4E #2A8F75 #38BE9C #62D1B5 #92DFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#38BE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE9C

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE9C	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)

#B8B19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.125 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2b9',
    500: '#38be9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be9c;
$custom-light: #81d2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.776,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72157,
    "c": 0.12451,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE9C

secondary

#CA8899

accent

#4A6FDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE9C

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

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