#38C285#38C285

#38C285 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.147 H 159.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C285
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 133)
HSL	hsl(153, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(153, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 31.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -50.78, 20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 54.70, 158.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.1382 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.147 159.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1538, 41.1149, 28.7961)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C285 #C23875

analogous

#38C240 #38C285 #38BAC2

triadic

#38C285 #8538C2 #C28538

tetradic

#38C285 #4038C2 #C23875 #BAC238

square

#38C285 #4038C2 #C23875 #BAC238

split-complementary

#38C285 #C238BA #C24038

monochromatic

#1D6344 #2A9364 #38C285 #65D2A2 #94E0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38C285 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#38C285 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C285

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C285	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C285	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c285;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.147 159.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5a8',
    500: '#38c285',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c285;
$custom-light: #81d5a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c285",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.478,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.726,
    "c": 0.14746,
    "h": 159.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C285

secondary

#CB8AA7

accent

#498BDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C285

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

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