#38BC89#38BC89

#38BC89 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.136 H 162.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC89
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 137)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 27.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -47.50, 15.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 50.04, 161.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.1302 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.136 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1269, 38.6106, 29.8431)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC89 #BC386B

analogous

#38BC47 #38BC89 #38ADBC

triadic

#38BC89 #8938BC #BC8938

tetradic

#38BC89 #4738BC #BC386B #ADBC38

square

#38BC89 #4738BC #BC386B #ADBC38

split-complementary

#38BC89 #BC38AD #BC4738

monochromatic

#1C5E44 #2A8D67 #38BC89 #61D0A5 #90DEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38BC89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#38BC89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC89

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC89	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)

#B9AE86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.136 162.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1ab',
    500: '#38bc89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc89;
$custom-light: #80d1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71157,
    "c": 0.13626,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC89

secondary

#C987A0

accent

#4A83DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC89

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

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