#38BC8D#38BC8D

#38BC8D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.133 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC8D
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 141)
HSL	hsl(159, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 25%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -46.60, 13.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 48.56, 163.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.1283 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.133 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4192, 38.7275, 31.3823)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC8D #BC3867

analogous

#38BC4B #38BC8D #38A9BC

triadic

#38BC8D #8D38BC #BC8D38

tetradic

#38BC8D #4B38BC #BC3867 #A9BC38

square

#38BC8D #4B38BC #BC3867 #A9BC38

split-complementary

#38BC8D #BC38A9 #BC4B38

monochromatic

#1C5E46 #2A8D6A #38BC8D #61D0A9 #90DEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38BC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#38BC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC8D

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC8D	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AF8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.133 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1ae',
    500: '#38bc8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc8d;
$custom-light: #80d1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71255,
    "c": 0.13301,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC8D

secondary

#C9879E

accent

#4A7FDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC8D

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

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