#38BC96#38BC96

#38BC96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.126 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC96
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 150)
HSL	hsl(163, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 20.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -44.47, 9.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 45.38, 168.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.1241 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.126 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1162, 39.0063, 35.0535)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC96 #BC385E

analogous

#38BC54 #38BC96 #38A0BC

triadic

#38BC96 #9638BC #BC9638

tetradic

#38BC96 #5438BC #BC385E #A0BC38

square

#38BC96 #5438BC #BC385E #A0BC38

split-complementary

#38BC96 #BC38A0 #BC5438

monochromatic

#1C5E4B #2A8D70 #38BC96 #61D0B0 #90DEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#38BC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#38BC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC96

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC96	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)

#B7AF94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.126 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1b4',
    500: '#38bc96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc96;
$custom-light: #80d1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71488,
    "c": 0.12621,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC96

secondary

#C9879A

accent

#4A75DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC96

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

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