#38C08B#38C08B

#38C08B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.140 H 162.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C08B
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 139)
HSL	hsl(157, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(157, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 27.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -48.68, 16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 51.38, 161.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.1333 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.14 162.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1381, 40.4012, 30.8945)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C08B #C0386D

analogous

#38C047 #38C08B #38B1C0

triadic

#38C08B #8B38C0 #C08B38

tetradic

#38C08B #4738C0 #C0386D #B1C038

square

#38C08B #4738C0 #C0386D #B1C038

split-complementary

#38C08B #C038B1 #C04738

monochromatic

#1C6146 #2A9169 #38C08B #64D2A7 #93DFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38C08B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#38C08B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C08B

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C08B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C08B	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA58E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c08b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.140 162.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4ad',
    500: '#38c08b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c08b;
$custom-light: #81d4ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c08b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.618,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72227,
    "c": 0.13974,
    "h": 162.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C08B

secondary

#CB89A3

accent

#4A84DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C08B

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

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