#38C094#38C094

#38C094 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.133 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C094
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 148)
HSL	hsl(161, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(161, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 22.9%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -46.63, 11.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 48.11, 165.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.1291 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.133 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8229, 40.6752, 34.5014)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C094 #C03864

analogous

#38C050 #38C094 #38A8C0

triadic

#38C094 #9438C0 #C09438

tetradic

#38C094 #5038C0 #C03864 #A8C038

square

#38C094 #5038C0 #C03864 #A8C038

split-complementary

#38C094 #C038A8 #C05038

monochromatic

#1C614B #2A916F #38C094 #64D2AE #93DFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38C094 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#38C094 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C094

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C094	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C094	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c094;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.133 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4b3',
    500: '#38c094',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c094;
$custom-light: #81d4b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c094",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.588,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72449,
    "c": 0.13258,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C094

secondary

#CB899E

accent

#4A7ADE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C094

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

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