#38BF98#38BF98

#38BF98 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.128 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BF98
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 152)
HSL	hsl(163, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(163, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 20.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -45.26, 9.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 46.21, 168.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.1262 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.128 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9262, 40.3664, 36.1248)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BF98 #BF385F

analogous

#38BF55 #38BF98 #38A2BF

triadic

#38BF98 #9838BF #BF9838

tetradic

#38BF98 #5538BF #BF385F #A2BF38

square

#38BF98 #5538BF #BF385F #A2BF38

split-complementary

#38BF98 #BF38A2 #BF5538

monochromatic

#1C604D #2A9072 #38BF98 #63D1B1 #92DFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BF98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#38BF98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BF98

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BF98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BF98	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bf98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.128 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3b6',
    500: '#38bf98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bf98;
$custom-light: #81d3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bf98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72301,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BF98

secondary

#CA899C

accent

#4A75DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BF98

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

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