#38C090#38C090

#38C090 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.136 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C090
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 144)
HSL	hsl(159, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(159, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 25%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -47.56, 13.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 49.54, 163.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.131 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.136 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5118, 40.5507, 32.8627)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C090 #C03868

analogous

#38C04C #38C090 #38ACC0

triadic

#38C090 #9038C0 #C09038

tetradic

#38C090 #4C38C0 #C03868 #ACC038

square

#38C090 #4C38C0 #C03868 #ACC038

split-complementary

#38C090 #C038AC #C04C38

monochromatic

#1C6149 #2A916C #38C090 #64D2AB #93DFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38C090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#38C090 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C090

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C090	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB28D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA593

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.136 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4b0',
    500: '#38c090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c090;
$custom-light: #81d4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.824,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72348,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C090

secondary

#CB89A0

accent

#4A7EDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C090

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

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