#38BC94#38BC94

#38BC94 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.128 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC94
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 148)
HSL	hsl(162, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(162, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 21.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -44.95, 10.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 46.07, 167.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.125 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.128 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9566, 38.9425, 34.2126)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC94 #BC3860

analogous

#38BC52 #38BC94 #38A2BC

triadic

#38BC94 #9438BC #BC9438

tetradic

#38BC94 #5238BC #BC3860 #A2BC38

square

#38BC94 #5238BC #BC3860 #A2BC38

split-complementary

#38BC94 #BC38A2 #BC5238

monochromatic

#1C5E4A #2A8D6F #38BC94 #61D0AE #90DEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#38BC94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#38BC94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC94

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC94	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AF92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.128 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1b3',
    500: '#38bc94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc94;
$custom-light: #80d1b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71435,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC94

secondary

#C9879B

accent

#4A77DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC94

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

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