#38BF85#38BF85

#38BF85 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.144 H 160.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BF85
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 133)
HSL	hsl(154, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(154, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 30.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -49.59, 19.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 53.12, 158.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.1352 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.144 160.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4928, 39.7930, 28.5757)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BF85 #BF3872

analogous

#38BF41 #38BF85 #38B5BF

triadic

#38BF85 #8538BF #BF8538

tetradic

#38BF85 #4138BF #BF3872 #B5BF38

square

#38BF85 #4138BF #BF3872 #B5BF38

split-complementary

#38BF85 #BF38B5 #BF4138

monochromatic

#1C6043 #2A9064 #38BF85 #63D1A2 #92DFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BF85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#38BF85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BF85

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BF85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BF85	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bf85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.144 160.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d3a8',
    500: '#38bf85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bf85;
$custom-light: #80d3a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bf85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71832,
    "c": 0.14355,
    "h": 160.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BF85

secondary

#CA89A5

accent

#4A89DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BF85

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

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