#38BC83#38BC83

#38BC83 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.141 H 160.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC83
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 131)
HSL	hsl(154, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(154, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 30.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -48.82, 18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 52.31, 158.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.1331 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.141 160.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7084, 38.4432, 27.6391)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC83 #BC3871

analogous

#38BC41 #38BC83 #38B3BC

triadic

#38BC83 #8338BC #BC8338

tetradic

#38BC83 #4138BC #BC3871 #B3BC38

square

#38BC83 #4138BC #BC3871 #B3BC38

split-complementary

#38BC83 #BC38B3 #BC4138

monochromatic

#1C5E41 #2A8D62 #38BC83 #61D0A0 #90DEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#38BC83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#38BC83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC83

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC83	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAE80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.141 160.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1a7',
    500: '#38bc83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc83;
$custom-light: #80d1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71017,
    "c": 0.14136,
    "h": 160.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC83

secondary

#C987A3

accent

#4A8ADD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC83

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

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