#38BC88#38BC88

#38BC88 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.137 H 162.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC88
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 136)
HSL	hsl(156, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(156, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 27.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -47.72, 16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 50.41, 161.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.1307 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.137 162.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0555, 38.5820, 29.4671)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC88 #BC386C

analogous

#38BC46 #38BC88 #38AEBC

triadic

#38BC88 #8838BC #BC8838

tetradic

#38BC88 #4638BC #BC386C #AEBC38

square

#38BC88 #4638BC #BC386C #AEBC38

split-complementary

#38BC88 #BC38AE #BC4638

monochromatic

#1C5E44 #2A8D66 #38BC88 #61D0A4 #90DEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38BC88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#38BC88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC88

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC88	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AE85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.137 162.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1aa',
    500: '#38bc88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc88;
$custom-light: #80d1aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71133,
    "c": 0.13709,
    "h": 162.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC88

secondary

#C987A1

accent

#4A84DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC88

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

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