#38BF81#38BF81

#38BF81 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.147 H 158.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BF81
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 129)
HSL	hsl(152, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(152, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 32.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -50.43, 21.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 54.67, 157.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.137 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.147 158.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2217, 39.6846, 27.1480)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BF81 #BF3876

analogous

#38BF3D #38BF81 #38B9BF

triadic

#38BF81 #8138BF #BF8138

tetradic

#38BF81 #3D38BF #BF3876 #B9BF38

square

#38BF81 #3D38BF #BF3876 #B9BF38

split-complementary

#38BF81 #BF38B9 #BF3D38

monochromatic

#1C6041 #2A9061 #38BF81 #63D19F #92DFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38BF81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#38BF81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BF81

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BF81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BF81	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB07D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bf81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.147 158.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d3a6',
    500: '#38bf81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bf81;
$custom-light: #80d3a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bf81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71742,
    "c": 0.14705,
    "h": 158.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BF81

secondary

#CA89A7

accent

#4A8EDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BF81

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

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