#38C19F#38C19F

#38C19F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.126 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C19F
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 159)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 17.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -44.39, 6.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 44.89, 171.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.1249 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.126 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9556, 41.4808, 39.3801)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C19F #C1385A

analogous

#38C15A #38C19F #389FC1

triadic

#38C19F #9F38C1 #C19F38

tetradic

#38C19F #5A38C1 #C1385A #9FC138

square

#38C19F #5A38C1 #C1385A #9FC138

split-complementary

#38C19F #C1389F #C15A38

monochromatic

#1C6251 #2A9278 #38C19F #64D2B7 #94E0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38C19F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#38C19F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C19F

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C19F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C19F	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB49D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c19f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.126 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4bb',
    500: '#38c19f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c19f;
$custom-light: #81d4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c19f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.109,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72995,
    "c": 0.12605,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C19F

secondary

#CB8A9A

accent

#496EDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C19F

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

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