#38C188#38C188

#38C188 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.144 H 161.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C188
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 136)
HSL	hsl(155, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(155, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 29.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -49.74, 18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 53.03, 159.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.1357 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.144 161)
XYZ	xyz(25.1422, 40.7554, 29.8293)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C188 #C13871

analogous

#38C143 #38C188 #38B6C1

triadic

#38C188 #8838C1 #C18838

tetradic

#38C188 #4338C1 #C13871 #B6C138

square

#38C188 #4338C1 #C13871 #B6C138

split-complementary

#38C188 #C138B6 #C14338

monochromatic

#1C6245 #2A9267 #38C188 #64D2A4 #94E0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38C188 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#38C188 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C188

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C188	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C188	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#BEB385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA68C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c188;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.144 161.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5ab',
    500: '#38c188',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c188;
$custom-light: #81d5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c188",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.036,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72412,
    "c": 0.14356,
    "h": 161
  },
  "luminance": 0.40758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C188

secondary

#CB8AA5

accent

#4987DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C188

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

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