#38BC9C#38BC9C

#38BC9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.122 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC9C
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 156)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -42.99, 5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 43.41, 172.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.1212 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.122 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6118, 39.2045, 37.6635)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC9C #BC3858

analogous

#38BC5A #38BC9C #389ABC

triadic

#38BC9C #9C38BC #BC9C38

tetradic

#38BC9C #5A38BC #BC3858 #9ABC38

square

#38BC9C #5A38BC #BC3858 #9ABC38

split-complementary

#38BC9C #BC389A #BC5A38

monochromatic

#1C5E4E #2A8D75 #38BC9C #61D0B5 #90DECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38BC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#38BC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC9C

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC9C	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A39E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.122 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1b9',
    500: '#38bc9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc9c;
$custom-light: #80d1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71653,
    "c": 0.12218,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC9C

secondary

#C98797

accent

#4A6EDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC9C

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

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