#38C28A#38C28A

#38C28A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.143 H 161.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C28A
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 138)
HSL	hsl(156, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(156, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 28.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -49.71, 17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 52.80, 160.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.1358 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.143 161.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5075, 41.2564, 30.6588)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C28A #C23870

analogous

#38C245 #38C28A #38B5C2

triadic

#38C28A #8A38C2 #C28A38

tetradic

#38C28A #4538C2 #C23870 #B5C238

square

#38C28A #4538C2 #C23870 #B5C238

split-complementary

#38C28A #C238B5 #C24538

monochromatic

#1D6346 #2A9368 #38C28A #65D2A6 #94E0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38C28A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#38C28A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C28A

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C28A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C28A	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA78E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c28a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.143 161.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5ac',
    500: '#38c28a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c28a;
$custom-light: #81d5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c28a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.652,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72714,
    "c": 0.14316,
    "h": 161.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C28A

secondary

#CB8AA5

accent

#4986DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C28A

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

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