#38C18E#38C18E

#38C18E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.139 H 163.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C18E
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 142)
HSL	hsl(158, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(158, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 26.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -48.42, 15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 50.79, 162.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.1329 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.139 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5806, 40.9307, 32.1382)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C18E #C1386B

analogous

#38C14A #38C18E #38B0C1

triadic

#38C18E #8E38C1 #C18E38

tetradic

#38C18E #4A38C1 #C1386B #B0C138

square

#38C18E #4A38C1 #C1386B #B0C138

split-complementary

#38C18E #C138B0 #C14A38

monochromatic

#1C6248 #2A926B #38C18E #64D2A9 #94E0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38C18E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#38C18E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C18E

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C18E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C18E	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB38B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA691

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c18e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.139 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5af',
    500: '#38c18e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c18e;
$custom-light: #81d5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c18e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.664,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72554,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C18E

secondary

#CB8AA2

accent

#4981DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C18E

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

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