#38C18A#38C18A

#38C18A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.142 H 161.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C18A
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 138)
HSL	hsl(156, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(156, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 28.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -49.31, 17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 52.28, 160.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.1348 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.142 161.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2857, 40.8128, 30.5849)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C18A #C1386F

analogous

#38C145 #38C18A #38B4C1

triadic

#38C18A #8A38C1 #C18A38

tetradic

#38C18A #4538C1 #C1386F #B4C138

square

#38C18A #4538C1 #C1386F #B4C138

split-complementary

#38C18A #C138B4 #C14538

monochromatic

#1C6246 #2A9268 #38C18A #64D2A6 #94E0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38C18A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#38C18A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C18A

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C18A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C18A	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA68E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c18a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.142 161.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5ac',
    500: '#38c18a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c18a;
$custom-light: #81d5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c18a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.912,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72458,
    "c": 0.14187,
    "h": 161.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C18A

secondary

#CB8AA4

accent

#4985DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C18A

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

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