#38C185#38C185

#38C185 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.146 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C185
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 133)
HSL	hsl(154, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(154, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 31.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -50.38, 19.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 54.18, 158.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.1372 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.146 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9320, 40.6713, 28.7221)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C185 #C13874

analogous

#38C141 #38C185 #38B9C1

triadic

#38C185 #8538C1 #C18538

tetradic

#38C185 #4138C1 #C13874 #B9C138

square

#38C185 #4138C1 #C13874 #B9C138

split-complementary

#38C185 #C138B9 #C14138

monochromatic

#1C6244 #2A9264 #38C185 #64D2A2 #94E0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38C185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#38C185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C185

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C185	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.146 159.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5a8',
    500: '#38c185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c185;
$custom-light: #81d5a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.723,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72344,
    "c": 0.14616,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C185

secondary

#CB8AA6

accent

#498BDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C185

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

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