#38C38C#38C38C

#38C38C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.143 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C38C
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 140)
HSL	hsl(156, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(156, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 28.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -49.67, 17.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 52.57, 160.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.1359 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.143 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8769, 41.7614, 31.5028)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C38C #C3386F

analogous

#38C347 #38C38C #38B5C3

triadic

#38C38C #8C38C3 #C38C38

tetradic

#38C38C #4738C3 #C3386F #B5C338

square

#38C38C #4738C3 #C3386F #B5C338

split-complementary

#38C38C #C338B5 #C34738

monochromatic

#1D6448 #2A936A #38C38C #65D3A8 #95E1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38C38C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#38C38C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C38C

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C38C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C38C	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)

#C0B589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c38c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.143 162.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6ad',
    500: '#38c38c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c38c;
$custom-light: #81d6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c38c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.259,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73015,
    "c": 0.14276,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C38C

secondary

#CC8BA5

accent

#4984DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C38C

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

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