#38BF9A#38BF9A

#38BF9A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.127 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BF9A
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 154)
HSL	hsl(164, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 19.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -44.77, 8.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 45.54, 169.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.1252 0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.127 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0914, 40.4324, 36.9947)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BF9A #BF385D

analogous

#38BF57 #38BF9A #38A0BF

triadic

#38BF9A #9A38BF #BF9A38

tetradic

#38BF9A #5738BF #BF385D #A0BF38

square

#38BF9A #5738BF #BF385D #A0BF38

split-complementary

#38BF9A #BF38A0 #BF5738

monochromatic

#1C604E #2A9074 #38BF9A #63D1B3 #92DFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BF9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#38BF9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BF9A

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BF9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BF9A	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bf9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.127 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3b7',
    500: '#38bf9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bf9a;
$custom-light: #81d3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bf9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72355,
    "c": 0.12702,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BF9A

secondary

#CA899B

accent

#4A72DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BF9A

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

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