#38C195#38C195

#38C195 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.133 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C195
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 149)
HSL	hsl(161, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(161, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 22.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -46.81, 11.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 48.26, 165.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.1296 0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.133 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1227, 41.1476, 34.9935)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C195 #C13864

analogous

#38C151 #38C195 #38A9C1

triadic

#38C195 #9538C1 #C19538

tetradic

#38C195 #5138C1 #C13864 #A9C138

square

#38C195 #5138C1 #C13864 #A9C138

split-complementary

#38C195 #C138A9 #C15138

monochromatic

#1C624C #2A9270 #38C195 #64D2AF #94E0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38C195 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#38C195 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C195

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C195	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C195	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c195;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.133 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4b4',
    500: '#38c195',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c195;
$custom-light: #81d4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c195",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.73,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72728,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C195

secondary

#CB8A9F

accent

#4979DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C195

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

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