#38BF89#38BF89

#38BF89 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.140 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BF89
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 137)
HSL	hsl(156, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(156, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 28.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -48.72, 17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 51.61, 160.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.1333 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.14 162)
XYZ	xyz(24.7745, 39.9057, 30.0590)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BF89 #BF386E

analogous

#38BF45 #38BF89 #38B1BF

triadic

#38BF89 #8938BF #BF8938

tetradic

#38BF89 #4538BF #BF386E #B1BF38

square

#38BF89 #4538BF #BF386E #B1BF38

split-complementary

#38BF89 #BF38B1 #BF4538

monochromatic

#1C6045 #2A9067 #38BF89 #63D1A5 #92DFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BF89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#38BF89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BF89

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BF89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BF89	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA48C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bf89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.140 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d3ab',
    500: '#38bf89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bf89;
$custom-light: #80d3ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bf89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71924,
    "c": 0.14013,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.39908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BF89

secondary

#CA89A3

accent

#4A85DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BF89

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

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