#38BC9D#38BC9D

#38BC9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.122 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC9D
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 157)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -42.74, 5.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 43.09, 172.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.1208 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.122 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6968, 39.2386, 38.1113)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC9D #BC3857

analogous

#38BC5B #38BC9D #3899BC

triadic

#38BC9D #9D38BC #BC9D38

tetradic

#38BC9D #5B38BC #BC3857 #99BC38

square

#38BC9D #5B38BC #BC3857 #99BC38

split-complementary

#38BC9D #BC3899 #BC5B38

monochromatic

#1C5E4E #2A8D76 #38BC9D #61D0B6 #90DECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38BC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#38BC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC9D

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC9D	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A39F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.122 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1b9',
    500: '#38bc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc9d;
$custom-light: #80d1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71681,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC9D

secondary

#C98796

accent

#4A6DDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC9D

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

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