#38BF8A#38BF8A

#38BF8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.139 H 162.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BF8A
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 138)
HSL	hsl(156, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(156, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 27.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -48.50, 16.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 51.23, 161.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.1328 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.139 162.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8465, 39.9345, 30.4385)
Luminance	0.3994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BF8A #BF386D

analogous

#38BF46 #38BF8A #38B0BF

triadic

#38BF8A #8A38BF #BF8A38

tetradic

#38BF8A #4638BF #BF386D #B0BF38

square

#38BF8A #4638BF #BF386D #B0BF38

split-complementary

#38BF8A #BF38B0 #BF4638

monochromatic

#1C6046 #2A9068 #38BF8A #63D1A6 #92DFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#38BF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BF8A

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BF8A	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA48D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bf8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.139 162.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d3ac',
    500: '#38bf8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bf8a;
$custom-light: #80d3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bf8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71948,
    "c": 0.1393,
    "h": 162.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BF8A

secondary

#CA89A2

accent

#4A84DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BF8A

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

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