#38BC98#38BC98

#38BC98 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.125 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC98
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 152)
HSL	hsl(164, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 19.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -43.98, 8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 44.71, 169.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.1231 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.125 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2787, 39.0713, 35.9089)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC98 #BC385C

analogous

#38BC56 #38BC98 #389EBC

triadic

#38BC98 #9838BC #BC9838

tetradic

#38BC98 #5638BC #BC385C #9EBC38

square

#38BC98 #5638BC #BC385C #9EBC38

split-complementary

#38BC98 #BC389E #BC5638

monochromatic

#1C5E4C #2A8D72 #38BC98 #61D0B2 #90DEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38BC98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#38BC98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC98

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC98	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AF96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.125 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1b6',
    500: '#38bc98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc98;
$custom-light: #80d1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71542,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC98

secondary

#C98799

accent

#4A72DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC98

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

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