#38BC7E#38BC7E

#38BC7E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.146 H 158.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BC7E
RGBrgb(56, 188, 126)
HSLhsl(152, 54%, 48%)
HSVhsv(152, 70%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(70.2%, 0%, 33%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(68.25, -49.87, 21.34)
CIE-LCHlch(68.25, 54.24, 156.83°)
OKLaboklab(70.91% -0.1354 0.0539)
OKLCHoklch(70.91% 0.146 158.3)
XYZxyz(23.3777, 38.3109, 25.8973)
Luminance0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BC7E #BC3876
analogous
#38BC3C #38BC7E #38B8BC
triadic
#38BC7E #7E38BC #BC7E38
tetradic
#38BC7E #3C38BC #BC3876 #B8BC38
square
#38BC7E #3C38BC #BC3876 #B8BC38
split-complementary
#38BC7E #BC38B8 #BC3C38
monochromatic
#1C5E3F #2A8D5E #38BC7E #61D09C #90DEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#38BC7E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66
#38BC7E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC7E
8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BC7E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BC7E1.002.428.668.66
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6621.001.001.00
##0000008.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAAE7A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AAA282
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BBAC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bc7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.146 158.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1a3',
    500: '#38bc7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bc7e;
$custom-light: #80d1a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bc7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70905,
    "c": 0.14576,
    "h": 158.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BC7E
secondary
#C987A6
accent
#4A8FDD
background
#F8FCFA
surface
#F0F9F4
border
#CBD2CE
text
#0B140F
muted
#7C827F

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#38BC7E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva