#38BC8A#38BC8A

#38BC8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.135 H 163.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC8A
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 138)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -47.28, 15.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 49.66, 162.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.1298 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.135 163.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1990, 38.6394, 30.2226)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC8A #BC386A

analogous

#38BC48 #38BC8A #38ACBC

triadic

#38BC8A #8A38BC #BC8A38

tetradic

#38BC8A #4838BC #BC386A #ACBC38

square

#38BC8A #4838BC #BC386A #ACBC38

split-complementary

#38BC8A #BC38AC #BC4838

monochromatic

#1C5E45 #2A8D67 #38BC8A #61D0A6 #90DEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38BC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#38BC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC8A

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC8A	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AE87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.135 163.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1ac',
    500: '#38bc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc8a;
$custom-light: #80d1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71182,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 163.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC8A

secondary

#C987A0

accent

#4A82DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC8A

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

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