#38C29E#38C29E

#38C29E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.128 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C29E
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 158)
HSL	hsl(164, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(164, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 18.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -45.06, 7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 45.70, 170.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.1264 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.128 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0910, 41.8898, 38.9989)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C29E #C2385C

analogous

#38C259 #38C29E #38A1C2

triadic

#38C29E #9E38C2 #C29E38

tetradic

#38C29E #5938C2 #C2385C #A1C238

square

#38C29E #5938C2 #C2385C #A1C238

split-complementary

#38C29E #C238A1 #C25938

monochromatic

#1D6351 #2A9377 #38C29E #65D2B6 #94E0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38C29E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#38C29E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C29E

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C29E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C29E	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB59C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c29e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.128 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d5ba',
    500: '#38c29e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c29e;
$custom-light: #82d5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c29e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.348,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73219,
    "c": 0.12786,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C29E

secondary

#CB8A9B

accent

#4970DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C29E

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

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