#38C194#38C194

#38C194 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.134 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C194
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 148)
HSL	hsl(160, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(160, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 23.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -47.04, 12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 48.62, 165.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.1301 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.134 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0432, 41.1158, 34.5748)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C194 #C13865

analogous

#38C150 #38C194 #38AAC1

triadic

#38C194 #9438C1 #C19438

tetradic

#38C194 #5038C1 #C13865 #AAC138

square

#38C194 #5038C1 #C13865 #AAC138

split-complementary

#38C194 #C138AA #C15038

monochromatic

#1C624B #2A9270 #38C194 #64D2AE #94E0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38C194 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#38C194 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C194

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C194	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C194	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c194;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.134 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4b3',
    500: '#38c194',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c194;
$custom-light: #81d4b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c194",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.292,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72703,
    "c": 0.13382,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C194

secondary

#CB8A9F

accent

#497ADE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C194

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

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