#38C38A#38C38A

#38C38A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.144 H 161.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C38A
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 138)
HSL	hsl(155, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(155, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 29.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -50.11, 18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 53.32, 160.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.1368 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.144 161.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7308, 41.7030, 30.7332)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C38A #C33871

analogous

#38C345 #38C38A #38B6C3

triadic

#38C38A #8A38C3 #C38A38

tetradic

#38C38A #4538C3 #C33871 #B6C338

square

#38C38A #4538C3 #C33871 #B6C338

split-complementary

#38C38A #C338B6 #C34538

monochromatic

#1D6447 #2A9368 #38C38A #65D3A6 #95E1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38C38A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#38C38A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C38A

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C38A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C38A	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA88E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c38a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.144 161.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6ac',
    500: '#38c38a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c38a;
$custom-light: #81d6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c38a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.396,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72969,
    "c": 0.14445,
    "h": 161.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C38A

secondary

#CC8BA6

accent

#4986DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C38A

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

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