#38C17E#38C17E

#38C17E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.152 H 157.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C17E
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 126)
HSL	hsl(151, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(151, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 34.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -51.83, 23.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 56.89, 155.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.1404 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.152 157.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4644, 40.4843, 26.2595)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C17E #C1387B

analogous

#38C13A #38C17E #38C0C1

triadic

#38C17E #7E38C1 #C17E38

tetradic

#38C17E #3A38C1 #C1387B #C0C138

square

#38C17E #3A38C1 #C1387B #C0C138

split-complementary

#38C17E #C138C0 #C13A38

monochromatic

#1C6240 #2A925F #38C17E #64D29C #94E0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38C17E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#38C17E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C17E

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C17E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C17E	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)

#C0B27A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c17e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.152 157.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5a3',
    500: '#38c17e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c17e;
$custom-light: #81d5a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c17e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.657,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72192,
    "c": 0.15235,
    "h": 157.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C17E

secondary

#CB8AAA

accent

#4992DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C17E

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

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