#38C19A#38C19A

#38C19A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.129 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C19A
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 154)
HSL	hsl(163, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(163, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 20.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -45.62, 9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 46.54, 168.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.1273 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.129 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5305, 41.3107, 37.1411)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C19A #C1385F

analogous

#38C156 #38C19A #38A4C1

triadic

#38C19A #9A38C1 #C19A38

tetradic

#38C19A #5638C1 #C1385F #A4C138

square

#38C19A #5638C1 #C1385F #A4C138

split-complementary

#38C19A #C138A4 #C15638

monochromatic

#1C624E #2A9274 #38C19A #64D2B3 #94E0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38C19A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#38C19A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C19A

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C19A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C19A	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c19a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.129 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4b7',
    500: '#38c19a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c19a;
$custom-light: #81d4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c19a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.92,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72859,
    "c": 0.12942,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C19A

secondary

#CB8A9C

accent

#4974DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C19A

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

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