#38C18B#38C18B

#38C18B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.141 H 162.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C18B
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 139)
HSL	hsl(156, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(156, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 28%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -49.09, 16.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 51.90, 161.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.1343 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.141 162.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3584, 40.8419, 30.9679)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C18B #C1386E

analogous

#38C146 #38C18B #38B3C1

triadic

#38C18B #8B38C1 #C18B38

tetradic

#38C18B #4638C1 #C1386E #B3C138

square

#38C18B #4638C1 #C1386E #B3C138

split-complementary

#38C18B #C138B3 #C14638

monochromatic

#1C6247 #2A9269 #38C18B #64D2A7 #94E0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38C18B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#38C18B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C18B

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C18B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C18B	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA68E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c18b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.141 162.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5ad',
    500: '#38c18b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c18b;
$custom-light: #81d5ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c18b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.35,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72482,
    "c": 0.14103,
    "h": 162.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C18B

secondary

#CB8AA4

accent

#4984DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C18B

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

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