#38BC84#38BC84

#38BC84 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.140 H 160.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC84
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 132)
HSL	hsl(155, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(155, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 29.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -48.60, 18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 51.92, 159.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.1326 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.14 160.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7765, 38.4704, 27.9978)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC84 #BC3870

analogous

#38BC42 #38BC84 #38B2BC

triadic

#38BC84 #8438BC #BC8438

tetradic

#38BC84 #4238BC #BC3870 #B2BC38

square

#38BC84 #4238BC #BC3870 #B2BC38

split-complementary

#38BC84 #BC38B2 #BC4238

monochromatic

#1C5E42 #2A8D63 #38BC84 #61D0A1 #90DEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#38BC84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#38BC84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC84

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC84	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)

#BAAE81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.140 160.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1a8',
    500: '#38bc84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc84;
$custom-light: #80d1a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.545,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7104,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 160.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC84

secondary

#C987A3

accent

#4A89DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC84

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

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