#38C38B#38C38B

#38C38B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.144 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C38B
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 139)
HSL	hsl(156, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(156, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 28.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -49.89, 17.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 52.94, 160.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.1363 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.144 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8035, 41.7321, 31.1163)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C38B #C33870

analogous

#38C346 #38C38B #38B6C3

triadic

#38C38B #8B38C3 #C38B38

tetradic

#38C38B #4638C3 #C33870 #B6C338

square

#38C38B #4638C3 #C33870 #B6C338

split-complementary

#38C38B #C338B6 #C34638

monochromatic

#1D6447 #2A9369 #38C38B #65D3A7 #95E1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38C38B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#38C38B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C38B

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C38B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C38B	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA88F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c38b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.144 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6ad',
    500: '#38c38b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c38b;
$custom-light: #81d6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c38b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.827,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72992,
    "c": 0.1436,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C38B

secondary

#CC8BA5

accent

#4985DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C38B

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

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