#38C08A#38C08A

#38C08A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.141 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C08A
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 138)
HSL	hsl(156, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(156, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 28.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -48.90, 16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 51.75, 160.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.1338 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.141 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0653, 40.3721, 30.5114)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C08A #C0386E

analogous

#38C046 #38C08A #38B2C0

triadic

#38C08A #8A38C0 #C08A38

tetradic

#38C08A #4638C0 #C0386E #B2C038

square

#38C08A #4638C0 #C0386E #B2C038

split-complementary

#38C08A #C038B2 #C04638

monochromatic

#1C6146 #2A9168 #38C08A #64D2A6 #93DFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38C08A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#38C08A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C08A

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C08A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C08A	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA58D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c08a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.141 162.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4ac',
    500: '#38c08a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c08a;
$custom-light: #81d4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c08a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.176,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72203,
    "c": 0.14059,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C08A

secondary

#CB89A3

accent

#4A85DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C08A

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

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