#38C19E#38C19E

#38C19E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.127 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C19E
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 18.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -44.64, 7.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 45.21, 170.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.1254 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.127 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8692, 41.4462, 38.9250)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C19E #C1385B

analogous

#38C15A #38C19E #38A0C1

triadic

#38C19E #9E38C1 #C19E38

tetradic

#38C19E #5A38C1 #C1385B #A0C138

square

#38C19E #5A38C1 #C1385B #A0C138

split-complementary

#38C19E #C138A0 #C15A38

monochromatic

#1C6250 #2A9277 #38C19E #64D2B6 #94E0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38C19E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#38C19E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C19E

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C19E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C19E	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB49C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c19e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.127 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4ba',
    500: '#38c19e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c19e;
$custom-light: #81d4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c19e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.672,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72968,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C19E

secondary

#CB8A9A

accent

#496FDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C19E

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

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