#38C387#38C387

#38C387 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.147 H 160.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C387
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 135)
HSL	hsl(154, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(154, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 30.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -50.75, 19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 54.46, 158.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.1382 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.147 160.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5166, 41.6173, 29.6051)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C387 #C33874

analogous

#38C342 #38C387 #38BAC3

triadic

#38C387 #8738C3 #C38738

tetradic

#38C387 #4238C3 #C33874 #BAC338

square

#38C387 #4238C3 #C33874 #BAC338

split-complementary

#38C387 #C338BA #C34238

monochromatic

#1D6445 #2A9366 #38C387 #65D3A4 #95E1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38C387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#38C387 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C387

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C387	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA88B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.147 160.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6aa',
    500: '#38c387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c387;
$custom-light: #81d6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.101,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.729,
    "c": 0.14702,
    "h": 160.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C387

secondary

#CC8BA7

accent

#498ADF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C387

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

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