#38C187#38C187

#38C187 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.144 H 160.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C187
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 135)
HSL	hsl(155, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(155, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 30.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -49.96, 18.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 53.41, 159.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.1362 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.144 160.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0715, 40.7271, 29.4568)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C187 #C13872

analogous

#38C143 #38C187 #38B7C1

triadic

#38C187 #8738C1 #C18738

tetradic

#38C187 #4338C1 #C13872 #B7C138

square

#38C187 #4338C1 #C13872 #B7C138

split-complementary

#38C187 #C138B7 #C14338

monochromatic

#1C6245 #2A9266 #38C187 #64D2A4 #94E0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38C187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#38C187 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C187

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C187	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA68B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.144 160.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5aa',
    500: '#38c187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c187;
$custom-light: #81d5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.599,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72389,
    "c": 0.14443,
    "h": 160.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C187

secondary

#CB8AA5

accent

#4988DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C187

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

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