#38C381#38C381

#38C381 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.152 H 157.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C381
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 129)
HSL	hsl(152, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(152, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 33.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -52.00, 22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 56.78, 156.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.141 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.152 157.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1060, 41.4531, 27.4427)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C381 #C3387A

analogous

#38C33C #38C381 #38C0C3

triadic

#38C381 #8138C3 #C38138

tetradic

#38C381 #3C38C3 #C3387A #C0C338

square

#38C381 #3C38C3 #C3387A #C0C338

split-complementary

#38C381 #C338C0 #C33C38

monochromatic

#1D6442 #2A9362 #38C381 #65D39F #95E1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38C381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#38C381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C381

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C381	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B47D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.152 157.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6a6',
    500: '#38c381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c381;
$custom-light: #81d6a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.511,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72769,
    "c": 0.15229,
    "h": 157.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C381

secondary

#CC8BAA

accent

#4990DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C381

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

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