#38BC80#38BC80

#38BC80 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.144 H 159.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC80
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 128)
HSL	hsl(153, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(153, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 31.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -49.45, 20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 53.46, 157.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.1345 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.144 159.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5081, 38.3631, 26.5838)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC80 #BC3874

analogous

#38BC3E #38BC80 #38B6BC

triadic

#38BC80 #8038BC #BC8038

tetradic

#38BC80 #3E38BC #BC3874 #B6BC38

square

#38BC80 #3E38BC #BC3874 #B6BC38

split-complementary

#38BC80 #BC38B6 #BC3E38

monochromatic

#1C5E40 #2A8D60 #38BC80 #61D09E #90DEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#38BC80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#38BC80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC80

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC80	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAE7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A284

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.144 159.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1a5',
    500: '#38bc80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc80;
$custom-light: #80d1a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70949,
    "c": 0.14399,
    "h": 159.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC80

secondary

#C987A5

accent

#4A8DDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC80

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

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