#38BC8F#38BC8F

#38BC8F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.131 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC8F
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 143)
HSL	hsl(160, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 23.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -46.13, 12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 47.84, 164.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.1274 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.131 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5693, 38.7876, 32.1732)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC8F #BC3865

analogous

#38BC4D #38BC8F #38A7BC

triadic

#38BC8F #8F38BC #BC8F38

tetradic

#38BC8F #4D38BC #BC3865 #A7BC38

square

#38BC8F #4D38BC #BC3865 #A7BC38

split-complementary

#38BC8F #BC38A7 #BC4D38

monochromatic

#1C5E47 #2A8D6B #38BC8F #61D0AA #90DEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38BC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#38BC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC8F

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC8F	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AF8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A292

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.131 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1af',
    500: '#38bc8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc8f;
$custom-light: #80d1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.545,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71306,
    "c": 0.13143,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC8F

secondary

#C9879D

accent

#4A7CDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC8F

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

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