#38C085#38C085

#38C085 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.145 H 160.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C085
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 133)
HSL	hsl(154, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(154, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 30.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -49.99, 19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 53.65, 158.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.1362 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.145 160.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7117, 40.2307, 28.6487)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C085 #C03873

analogous

#38C041 #38C085 #38B7C0

triadic

#38C085 #8538C0 #C08538

tetradic

#38C085 #4138C0 #C03873 #B7C038

square

#38C085 #4138C0 #C03873 #B7C038

split-complementary

#38C085 #C038B7 #C04138

monochromatic

#1C6143 #2A9164 #38C085 #64D2A2 #93DFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38C085 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#38C085 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C085

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C085	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C085	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c085;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.145 160.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d4a8',
    500: '#38c085',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c085;
$custom-light: #80d4a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c085",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.971,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72088,
    "c": 0.14485,
    "h": 160.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C085

secondary

#CB89A6

accent

#4A8ADE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C085

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

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