#38C08C#38C08C

#38C08C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.139 H 163.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C08C
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 140)
HSL	hsl(157, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(157, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 27.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -48.46, 15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 51.01, 161.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.1329 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.139 163)
XYZ	xyz(25.2115, 40.4306, 31.2810)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C08C #C0386C

analogous

#38C048 #38C08C #38B0C0

triadic

#38C08C #8C38C0 #C08C38

tetradic

#38C08C #4838C0 #C0386C #B0C038

square

#38C08C #4838C0 #C0386C #B0C038

split-complementary

#38C08C #C038B0 #C04838

monochromatic

#1C6147 #2A9169 #38C08C #64D2A8 #93DFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38C08C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#38C08C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C08C

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C08C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C08C	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA58F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c08c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.139 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4ad',
    500: '#38c08c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c08c;
$custom-light: #81d4ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c08c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.059,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72251,
    "c": 0.13892,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.40433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C08C

secondary

#CB89A2

accent

#4A82DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C08C

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

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