#38BF9D#38BF9D

#38BF9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.125 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BF9D
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 17.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -44.03, 6.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 44.55, 171.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.1238 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.125 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3444, 40.5336, 38.3271)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BF9D #BF385A

analogous

#38BF59 #38BF9D #389DBF

triadic

#38BF9D #9D38BF #BF9D38

tetradic

#38BF9D #5938BF #BF385A #9DBF38

square

#38BF9D #5938BF #BF385A #9DBF38

split-complementary

#38BF9D #BF389D #BF5938

monochromatic

#1C604F #2A9076 #38BF9D #63D1B5 #92DFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BF9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#38BF9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BF9D

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BF9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BF9D	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B29B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bf9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.125 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3b9',
    500: '#38bf9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bf9d;
$custom-light: #81d3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bf9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72437,
    "c": 0.12502,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BF9D

secondary

#CA8999

accent

#4A6FDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BF9D

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

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