#38C181#38C181

#38C181 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.150 H 158.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C181
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 129)
HSL	hsl(152, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(152, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 33.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -51.22, 21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 55.72, 156.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.139 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.15 158.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6609, 40.5629, 27.2944)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C181 #C13878

analogous

#38C13D #38C181 #38BDC1

triadic

#38C181 #8138C1 #C18138

tetradic

#38C181 #3D38C1 #C13878 #BDC138

square

#38C181 #3D38C1 #C13878 #BDC138

split-complementary

#38C181 #C138BD #C13D38

monochromatic

#1C6242 #2A9261 #38C181 #64D29F #94E0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38C181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#38C181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C181

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C181	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)

#BFB27D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.150 158.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5a6',
    500: '#38c181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c181;
$custom-light: #81d5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.971,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72256,
    "c": 0.14967,
    "h": 158.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C181

secondary

#CB8AA8

accent

#498FDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C181

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

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