#38BE9E#38BE9E

#38BE9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.123 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE9E
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 16.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -43.35, 5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 43.75, 172.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.1223 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.123 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2128, 40.1333, 38.7061)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE9E #BE3858

analogous

#38BE5B #38BE9E #389BBE

triadic

#38BE9E #9E38BE #BE9E38

tetradic

#38BE9E #5B38BE #BE3858 #9BBE38

square

#38BE9E #5B38BE #BE3858 #9BBE38

split-complementary

#38BE9E #BE389B #BE5B38

monochromatic

#1C5F4F #2A8F77 #38BE9E #62D1B6 #92DFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#38BE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE9E

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE9E	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B29C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.123 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2ba',
    500: '#38be9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be9e;
$custom-light: #81d2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.672,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72213,
    "c": 0.12323,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE9E

secondary

#CA8898

accent

#4A6DDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE9E

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

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