#38C191#38C191

#38C191 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.136 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C191
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 145)
HSL	hsl(159, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(159, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 24.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -47.74, 13.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 49.69, 163.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.1315 0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.136 165)
XYZ	xyz(25.8089, 41.0220, 33.3404)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C191 #C13868

analogous

#38C14D #38C191 #38ADC1

triadic

#38C191 #9138C1 #C19138

tetradic

#38C191 #4D38C1 #C13868 #ADC138

square

#38C191 #4D38C1 #C13868 #ADC138

split-complementary

#38C191 #C138AD #C14D38

monochromatic

#1C624A #2A926D #38C191 #64D2AC #94E0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38C191 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#38C191 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C191

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C191	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C191	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB38E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c191;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.136 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4b1',
    500: '#38c191',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c191;
$custom-light: #81d4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c191",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.978,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72627,
    "c": 0.13615,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.41025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C191

secondary

#CB8AA1

accent

#497EDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF5

border

#CBD3CF

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C191

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

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