#38BC86#38BC86

#38BC86 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.139 H 161.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC86
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 134)
HSL	hsl(155, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(155, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 28.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -48.17, 17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 51.16, 160.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.1317 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.139 161.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9147, 38.5257, 28.7255)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC86 #BC386E

analogous

#38BC44 #38BC86 #38B0BC

triadic

#38BC86 #8638BC #BC8638

tetradic

#38BC86 #4438BC #BC386E #B0BC38

square

#38BC86 #4438BC #BC386E #B0BC38

split-complementary

#38BC86 #BC38B0 #BC4438

monochromatic

#1C5E43 #2A8D64 #38BC86 #61D0A3 #90DEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38BC86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#38BC86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC86

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC86	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AE83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.139 161.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1a9',
    500: '#38bc86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc86;
$custom-light: #80d1a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71086,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 161.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC86

secondary

#C987A2

accent

#4A87DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC86

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

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