#38BC91#38BC91

#38BC91 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.130 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC91
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 145)
HSL	hsl(160, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 22.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -45.67, 11.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 47.12, 165.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.1264 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.13 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7222, 38.8487, 32.9782)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC91 #BC3863

analogous

#38BC4F #38BC91 #38A5BC

triadic

#38BC91 #9138BC #BC9138

tetradic

#38BC91 #4F38BC #BC3863 #A5BC38

square

#38BC91 #4F38BC #BC3863 #A5BC38

split-complementary

#38BC91 #BC38A5 #BC4F38

monochromatic

#1C5E48 #2A8D6D #38BC91 #61D0AC #90DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#38BC91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#38BC91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC91

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC91	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AF8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.130 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1b1',
    500: '#38bc91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc91;
$custom-light: #80d1b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71357,
    "c": 0.12988,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC91

secondary

#C9879C

accent

#4A7ADD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC91

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

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