#38BC8E#38BC8E

#38BC8E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.132 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC8E
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 142)
HSL	hsl(159, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 24.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -46.37, 13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 48.20, 164.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.1279 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.132 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4939, 38.7574, 31.7760)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC8E #BC3866

analogous

#38BC4C #38BC8E #38A8BC

triadic

#38BC8E #8E38BC #BC8E38

tetradic

#38BC8E #4C38BC #BC3866 #A8BC38

square

#38BC8E #4C38BC #BC3866 #A8BC38

split-complementary

#38BC8E #BC38A8 #BC4C38

monochromatic

#1C5E47 #2A8D6A #38BC8E #61D0A9 #90DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38BC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#38BC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC8E

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC8E	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)

#B8AF8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A291

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.132 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1af',
    500: '#38bc8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc8e;
$custom-light: #80d1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7128,
    "c": 0.13221,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC8E

secondary

#C9879E

accent

#4A7EDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC8E

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

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