#38BF8B#38BF8B

#38BF8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.138 H 162.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BF8B
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 139)
HSL	hsl(157, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(157, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 27.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -48.28, 16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 50.86, 161.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.1323 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.138 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9193, 39.9636, 30.8215)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BF8B #BF386C

analogous

#38BF47 #38BF8B #38AFBF

triadic

#38BF8B #8B38BF #BF8B38

tetradic

#38BF8B #4738BF #BF386C #AFBF38

square

#38BF8B #4738BF #BF386C #AFBF38

split-complementary

#38BF8B #BF38AF #BF4738

monochromatic

#1C6046 #2A9069 #38BF8B #63D1A7 #92DFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BF8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#38BF8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BF8B

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BF8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BF8B	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)

#BCB188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA48E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bf8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.138 162.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d3ad',
    500: '#38bf8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bf8b;
$custom-light: #80d3ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bf8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71972,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BF8B

secondary

#CA89A2

accent

#4A83DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BF8B

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

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