#38C281#38C281

#38C281 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.151 H 158.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C281
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 129)
HSL	hsl(152, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(152, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 33.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -51.61, 22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 56.25, 156.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.14 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.151 158)
XYZ	xyz(24.8827, 41.0065, 27.3683)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C281 #C23879

analogous

#38C23C #38C281 #38BEC2

triadic

#38C281 #8138C2 #C28138

tetradic

#38C281 #3C38C2 #C23879 #BEC238

square

#38C281 #3C38C2 #C23879 #BEC238

split-complementary

#38C281 #C238BE #C23C38

monochromatic

#1D6342 #2A9361 #38C281 #65D29F #94E0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38C281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#38C281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C281

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C281	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)

#C0B37D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.151 158.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5a6',
    500: '#38c281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c281;
$custom-light: #81d5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.739,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72512,
    "c": 0.15099,
    "h": 158
  },
  "luminance": 0.41009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C281

secondary

#CB8AA9

accent

#4990DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C281

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

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