#38C182#38C182

#38C182 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.149 H 158.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C182
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 130)
HSL	hsl(152, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(152, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 32.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -51.01, 21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 55.33, 157.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.1386 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.149 158.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7277, 40.5896, 27.6461)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C182 #C13877

analogous

#38C13E #38C182 #38BCC1

triadic

#38C182 #8238C1 #C18238

tetradic

#38C182 #3E38C1 #C13877 #BCC138

square

#38C182 #3E38C1 #C13877 #BCC138

split-complementary

#38C182 #C138BC #C13E38

monochromatic

#1C6242 #2A9262 #38C182 #64D2A0 #94E0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38C182 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#38C182 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C182

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C182	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C182	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB27E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c182;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.149 158.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5a6',
    500: '#38c182',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c182;
$custom-light: #81d5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c182",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.409,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72277,
    "c": 0.14879,
    "h": 158.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C182

secondary

#CB8AA8

accent

#498EDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C182

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

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