#38C183#38C183

#38C183 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.148 H 159.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C183
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 131)
HSL	hsl(153, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(153, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 32.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -50.80, 20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 54.95, 157.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.1381 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.148 159)
XYZ	xyz(24.7951, 40.6165, 28.0013)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C183 #C13876

analogous

#38C13F #38C183 #38BBC1

triadic

#38C183 #8338C1 #C18338

tetradic

#38C183 #3F38C1 #C13876 #BBC138

square

#38C183 #3F38C1 #C13876 #BBC138

split-complementary

#38C183 #C138BB #C13F38

monochromatic

#1C6243 #2A9263 #38C183 #64D2A0 #94E0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38C183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#38C183 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C183

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C183	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)

#BFB27F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.148 159.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5a7',
    500: '#38c183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c183;
$custom-light: #81d5a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.847,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72299,
    "c": 0.14791,
    "h": 159
  },
  "luminance": 0.40619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C183

secondary

#CB8AA7

accent

#498DDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C183

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

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