#38BF8D#38BF8D

#38BF8D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.137 H 163.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BF8D
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 141)
HSL	hsl(158, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(158, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 26.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -47.83, 14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 50.12, 162.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.1314 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.137 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0667, 40.0226, 31.5982)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BF8D #BF386A

analogous

#38BF49 #38BF8D #38ADBF

triadic

#38BF8D #8D38BF #BF8D38

tetradic

#38BF8D #4938BF #BF386A #ADBF38

square

#38BF8D #4938BF #BF386A #ADBF38

split-complementary

#38BF8D #BF38AD #BF4938

monochromatic

#1C6047 #2A906A #38BF8D #63D1A8 #92DFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BF8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#38BF8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BF8D

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BF8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BF8D	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB18A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA590

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bf8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.137 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d3ae',
    500: '#38bf8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bf8d;
$custom-light: #80d3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bf8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7202,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BF8D

secondary

#CA89A1

accent

#4A81DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BF8D

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

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