#38C09A#38C09A

#38C09A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.128 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C09A
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 154)
HSL	hsl(163, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(163, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 19.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -45.19, 8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 46.04, 169.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.1262 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.128 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3102, 40.8701, 37.0677)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C09A #C0385E

analogous

#38C056 #38C09A #38A2C0

triadic

#38C09A #9A38C0 #C09A38

tetradic

#38C09A #5638C0 #C0385E #A2C038

square

#38C09A #5638C0 #C0385E #A2C038

split-complementary

#38C09A #C038A2 #C05638

monochromatic

#1C614E #2A9174 #38C09A #64D2B3 #93DFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38C09A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#38C09A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C09A

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C09A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C09A	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c09a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.128 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4b7',
    500: '#38c09a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c09a;
$custom-light: #81d4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c09a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.235,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72607,
    "c": 0.12822,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C09A

secondary

#CB899B

accent

#4A73DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C09A

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

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