#38BC9A#38BC9A

#38BC9A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.123 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC9A
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 154)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 18.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -43.49, 7.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 44.05, 170.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.1222 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.123 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4438, 39.1374, 36.7789)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC9A #BC385A

analogous

#38BC58 #38BC9A #389CBC

triadic

#38BC9A #9A38BC #BC9A38

tetradic

#38BC9A #5838BC #BC385A #9CBC38

square

#38BC9A #5838BC #BC385A #9CBC38

split-complementary

#38BC9A #BC389C #BC5838

monochromatic

#1C5E4D #2A8D73 #38BC9A #61D0B3 #90DECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38BC9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#38BC9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC9A

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC9A	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A39C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.123 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1b7',
    500: '#38bc9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc9a;
$custom-light: #80d1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.545,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71597,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC9A

secondary

#C98798

accent

#4A70DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC9A

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

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