#38C280#38C280

#38C280 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.152 H 157.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C280
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 128)
HSL	hsl(151, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(151, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 34%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -51.81, 22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 56.64, 156.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.1405 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.152 157.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8165, 40.9800, 27.0199)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C280 #C2387A

analogous

#38C23B #38C280 #38BFC2

triadic

#38C280 #8038C2 #C28038

tetradic

#38C280 #3B38C2 #C2387A #BFC238

square

#38C280 #3B38C2 #C2387A #BFC238

split-complementary

#38C280 #C238BF #C23B38

monochromatic

#1D6341 #2A9361 #38C280 #65D29E #94E0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38C280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#38C280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C280

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C280	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B37C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.152 157.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5a5',
    500: '#38c280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c280;
$custom-light: #81d5a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.304,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72491,
    "c": 0.15188,
    "h": 157.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C280

secondary

#CB8AA9

accent

#4991DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C280

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

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