#38BC87#38BC87

#38BC87 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.138 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC87
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 135)
HSL	hsl(156, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(156, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 28.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -47.95, 16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 50.79, 160.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.1312 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.138 162)
XYZ	xyz(23.9848, 38.5537, 29.0945)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC87 #BC386D

analogous

#38BC45 #38BC87 #38AFBC

triadic

#38BC87 #8738BC #BC8738

tetradic

#38BC87 #4538BC #BC386D #AFBC38

square

#38BC87 #4538BC #BC386D #AFBC38

split-complementary

#38BC87 #BC38AF #BC4538

monochromatic

#1C5E43 #2A8D65 #38BC87 #61D0A4 #90DEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38BC87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#38BC87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC87

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC87	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)

#B9AE84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.138 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1aa',
    500: '#38bc87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc87;
$custom-light: #80d1aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7111,
    "c": 0.13793,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.38556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC87

secondary

#C987A1

accent

#4A85DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC87

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

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