#38BC9F#38BC9F

#38BC9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.120 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC9F
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 159)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -42.24, 4.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 42.47, 173.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.1198 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.12 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8690, 39.3074, 39.0179)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC9F #BC3855

analogous

#38BC5D #38BC9F #3897BC

triadic

#38BC9F #9F38BC #BC9F38

tetradic

#38BC9F #5D38BC #BC3855 #97BC38

square

#38BC9F #5D38BC #BC3855 #97BC38

split-complementary

#38BC9F #BC3897 #BC5D38

monochromatic

#1C5E4F #2A8D77 #38BC9F #61D0B8 #90DECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38BC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#38BC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC9F

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC9F	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)

#B5B09E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.120 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1bb',
    500: '#38bc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc9f;
$custom-light: #81d1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71738,
    "c": 0.12036,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC9F

secondary

#C98795

accent

#4A6BDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC9F

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

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