#38BE9F#38BE9F

#38BE9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.123 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE9F
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 159)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 16.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -43.10, 5.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 43.43, 172.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.1219 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.123 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2992, 40.1678, 39.1613)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE9F #BE3857

analogous

#38BE5C #38BE9F #389ABE

triadic

#38BE9F #9F38BE #BE9F38

tetradic

#38BE9F #5C38BE #BE3857 #9ABE38

square

#38BE9F #5C38BE #BE3857 #9ABE38

split-complementary

#38BE9F #BE389A #BE5C38

monochromatic

#1C5F50 #2A8F77 #38BE9F #62D1B7 #92DFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BE9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#38BE9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE9F

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE9F	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	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)

#B8B29E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.123 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2bb',
    500: '#38be9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be9f;
$custom-light: #81d2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.119,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72241,
    "c": 0.12261,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE9F

secondary

#CA8897

accent

#4A6CDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE9F

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

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