#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
RGBrgb(56, 191, 157)
HSLhsl(165, 55%, 48%)
HSVhsv(165, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.7%, 0%, 17.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(69.85, -44.03, 6.80)
CIE-LCHlch(69.85, 44.55, 171.22°)
OKLaboklab(72.44% -0.1238 0.0173)
OKLCHoklch(72.44% 0.125 172.1)
XYZxyz(26.3444, 40.5336, 38.3271)
Luminance0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##38BF9D1.002.319.119.11
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1121.001.001.00
##0000009.1121.001.001.00

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

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#38BF9D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva