#38BE9D#38BE9D

#38BE9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.124 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE9D
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 17.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -43.60, 6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 44.07, 171.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.1228 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.124 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1270, 40.0990, 38.2547)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE9D #BE3859

analogous

#38BE5A #38BE9D #389CBE

triadic

#38BE9D #9D38BE #BE9D38

tetradic

#38BE9D #5A38BE #BE3859 #9CBE38

square

#38BE9D #5A38BE #BE3859 #9CBE38

split-complementary

#38BE9D #BE389C #BE5A38

monochromatic

#1C5F4F #2A8F76 #38BE9D #62D1B6 #92DFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#38BE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE9D

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE9D	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B29B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.124 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2b9',
    500: '#38be9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be9d;
$custom-light: #81d2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.224,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72185,
    "c": 0.12386,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE9D

secondary

#CA8898

accent

#4A6EDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE9D

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

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