#38BC95#38BC95

#38BC95 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.127 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC95
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 149)
HSL	hsl(162, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(162, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 20.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -44.71, 9.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 45.73, 167.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.1245 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.127 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0361, 38.9743, 34.6313)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC95 #BC385F

analogous

#38BC53 #38BC95 #38A1BC

triadic

#38BC95 #9538BC #BC9538

tetradic

#38BC95 #5338BC #BC385F #A1BC38

square

#38BC95 #5338BC #BC385F #A1BC38

split-complementary

#38BC95 #BC38A1 #BC5338

monochromatic

#1C5E4A #2A8D70 #38BC95 #61D0AF #90DEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#38BC95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#38BC95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC95

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC95	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AF93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.127 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1b4',
    500: '#38bc95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc95;
$custom-light: #80d1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71461,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC95

secondary

#C9879A

accent

#4A76DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC95

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

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