#38C38D#38C38D

#38C38D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.142 H 162.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C38D
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 141)
HSL	hsl(157, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(157, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 27.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -49.45, 16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 52.20, 161.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.1354 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.142 162.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9510, 41.7911, 31.8929)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C38D #C3386E

analogous

#38C348 #38C38D #38B3C3

triadic

#38C38D #8D38C3 #C38D38

tetradic

#38C38D #4838C3 #C3386E #B3C338

square

#38C38D #4838C3 #C3386E #B3C338

split-complementary

#38C38D #C338B3 #C34838

monochromatic

#1D6448 #2A936B #38C38D #65D3A8 #95E1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38C38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#38C38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C38D

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C38D	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B58A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.142 162.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6ae',
    500: '#38c38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c38d;
$custom-light: #81d6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.691,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73039,
    "c": 0.14193,
    "h": 162.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C38D

secondary

#CC8BA4

accent

#4983DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C38D

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

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