#38BC81#38BC81

#38BC81 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.143 H 159.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC81
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 129)
HSL	hsl(153, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(153, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 31.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -49.24, 19.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 53.08, 158.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.134 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.143 159.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5742, 38.3895, 26.9321)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC81 #BC3873

analogous

#38BC3F #38BC81 #38B5BC

triadic

#38BC81 #8138BC #BC8138

tetradic

#38BC81 #3F38BC #BC3873 #B5BC38

square

#38BC81 #3F38BC #BC3873 #B5BC38

split-complementary

#38BC81 #BC38B5 #BC3F38

monochromatic

#1C5E40 #2A8D61 #38BC81 #61D09E #90DEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#38BC81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#38BC81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC81

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC81	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAE7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.143 159.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1a6',
    500: '#38bc81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc81;
$custom-light: #80d1a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70971,
    "c": 0.14311,
    "h": 159.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC81

secondary

#C987A4

accent

#4A8CDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC81

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

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