#38C180#38C180

#38C180 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.151 H 157.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C180
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 128)
HSL	hsl(152, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(152, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 33.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -51.42, 22.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 56.11, 156.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.1395 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.151 157.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5947, 40.5364, 26.9460)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C180 #C13879

analogous

#38C13C #38C180 #38BEC1

triadic

#38C180 #8038C1 #C18038

tetradic

#38C180 #3C38C1 #C13879 #BEC138

square

#38C180 #3C38C1 #C13879 #BEC138

split-complementary

#38C180 #C138BE #C13C38

monochromatic

#1C6241 #2A9261 #38C180 #64D29E #94E0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38C180 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#38C180 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C180

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C180	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C180	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	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)

#BFB27C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c180;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.151 157.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5a5',
    500: '#38c180',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c180;
$custom-light: #81d5a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c180",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.533,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72234,
    "c": 0.15057,
    "h": 157.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C180

secondary

#CB8AA9

accent

#4990DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C180

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

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