#38BF9F#38BF9F

#38BF9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.124 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BF9F
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 159)
HSL	hsl(166, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 16.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -43.53, 5.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 43.92, 172.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.1229 0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.124 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5165, 40.6025, 39.2337)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BF9F #BF3858

analogous

#38BF5B #38BF9F #389BBF

triadic

#38BF9F #9F38BF #BF9F38

tetradic

#38BF9F #5B38BF #BF3858 #9BBF38

square

#38BF9F #5B38BF #BF3858 #9BBF38

split-complementary

#38BF9F #BF389B #BF5B38

monochromatic

#1C6050 #2A9078 #38BF9F #63D1B7 #92DFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BF9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#38BF9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BF9F

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BF9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BF9F	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bf9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.124 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3bb',
    500: '#38bf9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bf9f;
$custom-light: #81d3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bf9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72492,
    "c": 0.12375,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BF9F

secondary

#CA8998

accent

#4A6DDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BF9F

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

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