#38BC9E#38BC9E

#38BC9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.121 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC9E
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -42.49, 4.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 42.78, 173.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.1203 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.121 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7825, 39.2728, 38.5627)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC9E #BC3856

analogous

#38BC5C #38BC9E #3898BC

triadic

#38BC9E #9E38BC #BC9E38

tetradic

#38BC9E #5C38BC #BC3856 #98BC38

square

#38BC9E #5C38BC #BC3856 #98BC38

split-complementary

#38BC9E #BC3898 #BC5C38

monochromatic

#1C5E4F #2A8D76 #38BC9E #61D0B7 #90DECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38BC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#38BC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC9E

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC9E	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.121 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1ba',
    500: '#38bc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc9e;
$custom-light: #81d1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71709,
    "c": 0.12094,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC9E

secondary

#C98796

accent

#4A6CDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC9E

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

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