#38BF8F#38BF8F

#38BF8F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.135 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BF8F
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 143)
HSL	hsl(159, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(159, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 25.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -47.37, 13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 49.39, 163.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.1304 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.135 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2169, 40.0826, 32.3890)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BF8F #BF3868

analogous

#38BF4C #38BF8F #38ABBF

triadic

#38BF8F #8F38BF #BF8F38

tetradic

#38BF8F #4C38BF #BF3868 #ABBF38

square

#38BF8F #4C38BF #BF3868 #ABBF38

split-complementary

#38BF8F #BF38AB #BF4C38

monochromatic

#1C6048 #2A906C #38BF8F #63D1AA #92DFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BF8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#38BF8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BF8F

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BF8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BF8F	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB18C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bf8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.135 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d3af',
    500: '#38bf8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bf8f;
$custom-light: #80d3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bf8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72069,
    "c": 0.13521,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BF8F

secondary

#CA89A0

accent

#4A7EDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BF8F

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