#38C28D#38C28D

#38C28D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.141 H 162.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C28D
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 141)
HSL	hsl(157, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(157, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 27.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -49.05, 16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 51.68, 161.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.1344 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.141 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7277, 41.3445, 31.8185)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C28D #C2386D

analogous

#38C248 #38C28D #38B2C2

triadic

#38C28D #8D38C2 #C28D38

tetradic

#38C28D #4838C2 #C2386D #B2C238

square

#38C28D #4838C2 #C2386D #B2C238

split-complementary

#38C28D #C238B2 #C24838

monochromatic

#1D6348 #2A936A #38C28D #65D2A8 #94E0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38C28D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#38C28D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C28D

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C28D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C28D	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB48A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c28d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.141 162.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5ae',
    500: '#38c28d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c28d;
$custom-light: #81d5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c28d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.957,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72784,
    "c": 0.14065,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C28D

secondary

#CB8AA3

accent

#4983DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C28D

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

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