#38C28C#38C28C

#38C28C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.141 H 162.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C28C
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 140)
HSL	hsl(157, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(157, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 27.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -49.27, 16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 52.05, 161.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.1349 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.141 162.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6536, 41.3148, 31.4284)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C28C #C2386E

analogous

#38C247 #38C28C #38B3C2

triadic

#38C28C #8C38C2 #C28C38

tetradic

#38C28C #4738C2 #C2386E #B3C238

square

#38C28C #4738C2 #C2386E #B3C238

split-complementary

#38C28C #C238B3 #C24738

monochromatic

#1D6347 #2A936A #38C28C #65D2A8 #94E0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38C28C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#38C28C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C28C

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C28C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C28C	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c28c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.141 162.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5ad',
    500: '#38c28c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c28c;
$custom-light: #81d5ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c28c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.522,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7276,
    "c": 0.14148,
    "h": 162.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C28C

secondary

#CB8AA4

accent

#4984DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C28C

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

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