#38BC85#38BC85

#38BC85 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.140 H 161.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC85
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 133)
HSL	hsl(155, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(155, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 29.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -48.38, 17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 51.54, 159.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.1321 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.14 161.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8453, 38.4979, 28.3599)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC85 #BC386F

analogous

#38BC43 #38BC85 #38B1BC

triadic

#38BC85 #8538BC #BC8538

tetradic

#38BC85 #4338BC #BC386F #B1BC38

square

#38BC85 #4338BC #BC386F #B1BC38

split-complementary

#38BC85 #BC38B1 #BC4338

monochromatic

#1C5E42 #2A8D64 #38BC85 #61D0A2 #90DEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38BC85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#38BC85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC85

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC85	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AE82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.140 161.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1a8',
    500: '#38bc85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc85;
$custom-light: #80d1a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71063,
    "c": 0.13963,
    "h": 161.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC85

secondary

#C987A2

accent

#4A88DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC85

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

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