#38C08F#38C08F

#38C08F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.136 H 164.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C08F
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 143)
HSL	hsl(158, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(158, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 25.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -47.78, 14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 49.90, 163.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.1314 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.136 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4357, 40.5203, 32.4619)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C08F #C03869

analogous

#38C04B #38C08F #38ADC0

triadic

#38C08F #8F38C0 #C08F38

tetradic

#38C08F #4B38C0 #C03869 #ADC038

square

#38C08F #4B38C0 #C03869 #ADC038

split-complementary

#38C08F #C038AD #C04B38

monochromatic

#1C6148 #2A916C #38C08F #64D2AA #93DFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38C08F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#38C08F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C08F

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C08F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C08F	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB28C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c08f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.136 164.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4b0',
    500: '#38c08f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c08f;
$custom-light: #81d4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c08f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.382,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72324,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C08F

secondary

#CB89A1

accent

#4A7FDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C08F

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

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