#38C08D#38C08D

#38C08D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.138 H 163.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C08D
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 141)
HSL	hsl(158, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(158, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 26.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -48.24, 15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 50.64, 162.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.1324 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.138 163.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2855, 40.4602, 31.6711)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C08D #C0386B

analogous

#38C049 #38C08D #38AFC0

triadic

#38C08D #8D38C0 #C08D38

tetradic

#38C08D #4938C0 #C0386B #AFC038

square

#38C08D #4938C0 #C0386B #AFC038

split-complementary

#38C08D #C038AF #C04938

monochromatic

#1C6147 #2A916A #38C08D #64D2A8 #93DFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38C08D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#38C08D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C08D

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C08D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C08D	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)

#BDB28A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA590

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c08d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.138 163.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4ae',
    500: '#38c08d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c08d;
$custom-light: #81d4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c08d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72275,
    "c": 0.1381,
    "h": 163.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C08D

secondary

#CB89A2

accent

#4A81DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C08D

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

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