#38BC90#38BC90

#38BC90 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.131 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC90
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 144)
HSL	hsl(160, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 23.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -45.90, 12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 47.48, 165.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.1269 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.131 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6454, 38.8180, 32.5739)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC90 #BC3864

analogous

#38BC4E #38BC90 #38A6BC

triadic

#38BC90 #9038BC #BC9038

tetradic

#38BC90 #4E38BC #BC3864 #A6BC38

square

#38BC90 #4E38BC #BC3864 #A6BC38

split-complementary

#38BC90 #BC38A6 #BC4E38

monochromatic

#1C5E48 #2A8D6C #38BC90 #61D0AB #90DEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38BC90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#38BC90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC90

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC90	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)

#B8AF8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A293

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.131 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1b0',
    500: '#38bc90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc90;
$custom-light: #80d1b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71331,
    "c": 0.13065,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC90

secondary

#C9879D

accent

#4A7BDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC90

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

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