#38C186#38C186

#38C186 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.145 H 160.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C186
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 134)
HSL	hsl(154, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(154, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 30.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -50.17, 19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 53.79, 158.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.1367 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.145 160.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0014, 40.6991, 29.0877)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C186 #C13873

analogous

#38C142 #38C186 #38B8C1

triadic

#38C186 #8638C1 #C18638

tetradic

#38C186 #4238C1 #C13873 #B8C138

square

#38C186 #4238C1 #C13873 #B8C138

split-complementary

#38C186 #C138B8 #C14238

monochromatic

#1C6244 #2A9265 #38C186 #64D2A3 #94E0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38C186 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#38C186 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C186

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C186	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C186	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA68A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c186;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.145 160.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5a9',
    500: '#38c186',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c186;
$custom-light: #81d5a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c186",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.161,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72366,
    "c": 0.14529,
    "h": 160.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C186

secondary

#CB8AA6

accent

#498ADE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C186

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

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