#38C388#38C388

#38C388 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.146 H 160.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C388
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 136)
HSL	hsl(155, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(155, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 30.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -50.54, 19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 54.08, 159.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.1378 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.146 160.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5873, 41.6456, 29.9777)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C388 #C33873

analogous

#38C343 #38C388 #38B9C3

triadic

#38C388 #8838C3 #C38838

tetradic

#38C388 #4338C3 #C33873 #B9C338

square

#38C388 #4338C3 #C33873 #B9C338

split-complementary

#38C388 #C338B9 #C34338

monochromatic

#1D6446 #2A9367 #38C388 #65D3A4 #95E1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38C388 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#38C388 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C388

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C388	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C388	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA88C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c388;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.146 160.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6ab',
    500: '#38c388',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c388;
$custom-light: #81d6ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c388",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.532,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72923,
    "c": 0.14616,
    "h": 160.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C388

secondary

#CC8BA7

accent

#4989DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C388

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

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