#38BC92#38BC92

#38BC92 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.129 H 167.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC92
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 146)
HSL	hsl(161, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(161, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 22.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -45.43, 11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 46.77, 166.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.126 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.129 167.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7996, 38.8797, 33.3861)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC92 #BC3862

analogous

#38BC50 #38BC92 #38A4BC

triadic

#38BC92 #9238BC #BC9238

tetradic

#38BC92 #5038BC #BC3862 #A4BC38

square

#38BC92 #5038BC #BC3862 #A4BC38

split-complementary

#38BC92 #BC38A4 #BC5038

monochromatic

#1C5E49 #2A8D6D #38BC92 #61D0AD #90DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#38BC92 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#38BC92 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC92

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC92	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC92	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc92;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.129 167.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1b2',
    500: '#38bc92',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc92;
$custom-light: #80d1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc92",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71383,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 167.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC92

secondary

#C9879C

accent

#4A79DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC92

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

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