#38C38E#38C38E

#38C38E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.141 H 163.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C38E
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 142)
HSL	hsl(157, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(157, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 27.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -49.23, 16.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 51.83, 161.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.1349 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.141 163)
XYZ	xyz(26.0257, 41.8210, 32.2866)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C38E #C3386D

analogous

#38C349 #38C38E #38B3C3

triadic

#38C38E #8E38C3 #C38E38

tetradic

#38C38E #4938C3 #C3386D #B3C338

square

#38C38E #4938C3 #C3386D #B3C338

split-complementary

#38C38E #C338B3 #C34938

monochromatic

#1D6449 #2A936B #38C38E #65D3A9 #95E1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38C38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#38C38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C38E

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C38E	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)

#C0B58B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.141 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6af',
    500: '#38c38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c38e;
$custom-light: #81d6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.122,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73063,
    "c": 0.1411,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.41824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C38E

secondary

#CC8BA4

accent

#4982DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C38E

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

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