#38BC93#38BC93

#38BC93 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.128 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC93
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 147)
HSL	hsl(161, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(161, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 21.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -45.19, 10.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 46.42, 166.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.1255 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.128 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8778, 38.9109, 33.7975)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC93 #BC3861

analogous

#38BC51 #38BC93 #38A3BC

triadic

#38BC93 #9338BC #BC9338

tetradic

#38BC93 #5138BC #BC3861 #A3BC38

square

#38BC93 #5138BC #BC3861 #A3BC38

split-complementary

#38BC93 #BC38A3 #BC5138

monochromatic

#1C5E49 #2A8D6E #38BC93 #61D0AE #90DEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#38BC93 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#38BC93 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC93

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC93	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC93	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)

#B7AF91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc93;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.128 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1b2',
    500: '#38bc93',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc93;
$custom-light: #80d1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc93",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71409,
    "c": 0.12838,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC93

secondary

#C9879B

accent

#4A78DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC93

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

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