#38C081#38C081

#38C081 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.148 H 158.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C081
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 129)
HSL	hsl(152, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(152, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 32.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -50.83, 21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 55.19, 157.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.138 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.148 158.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4406, 40.1222, 27.2209)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C081 #C03877

analogous

#38C03D #38C081 #38BBC0

triadic

#38C081 #8138C0 #C08138

tetradic

#38C081 #3D38C0 #C03877 #BBC038

square

#38C081 #3D38C0 #C03877 #BBC038

split-complementary

#38C081 #C038BB #C03D38

monochromatic

#1C6141 #2A9161 #38C081 #64D29F #93DFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38C081 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#38C081 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C081

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C081	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C081	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB17D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c081;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.148 158.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d4a6',
    500: '#38c081',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c081;
$custom-light: #80d4a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c081",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.206,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71999,
    "c": 0.14836,
    "h": 158.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C081

secondary

#CB89A7

accent

#4A8EDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C081

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

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