#38BC8B#38BC8B

#38BC8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.135 H 163.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC8B
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 139)
HSL	hsl(158, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 26.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -47.05, 14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 49.29, 162.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.1293 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.135 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2717, 38.6685, 30.6057)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC8B #BC3869

analogous

#38BC49 #38BC8B #38ABBC

triadic

#38BC8B #8B38BC #BC8B38

tetradic

#38BC8B #4938BC #BC3869 #ABBC38

square

#38BC8B #4938BC #BC3869 #ABBC38

split-complementary

#38BC8B #BC38AB #BC4938

monochromatic

#1C5E45 #2A8D68 #38BC8B #61D0A7 #90DEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38BC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#38BC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC8B

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC8B	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#B9AE88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A28E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.135 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1ad',
    500: '#38bc8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc8b;
$custom-light: #80d1ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71206,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC8B

secondary

#C9879F

accent

#4A81DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC8B

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

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