#38BC8C#38BC8C

#38BC8C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.134 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC8C
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 140)
HSL	hsl(158, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 25.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -46.82, 14.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 48.93, 163.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.1288 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.134 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3451, 38.6979, 30.9923)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC8C #BC3868

analogous

#38BC4A #38BC8C #38AABC

triadic

#38BC8C #8C38BC #BC8C38

tetradic

#38BC8C #4A38BC #BC3868 #AABC38

square

#38BC8C #4A38BC #BC3868 #AABC38

split-complementary

#38BC8C #BC38AA #BC4A38

monochromatic

#1C5E46 #2A8D69 #38BC8C #61D0A8 #90DEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38BC8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#38BC8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC8C

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC8C	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AE89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A28F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.134 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1ad',
    500: '#38bc8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc8c;
$custom-light: #80d1ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71231,
    "c": 0.1338,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC8C

secondary

#C9879F

accent

#4A80DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC8C

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

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