#38C38F#38C38F

#38C38F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.140 H 163.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C38F
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 143)
HSL	hsl(158, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(158, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 26.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -49.01, 15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 51.46, 162.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.1345 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.14 163.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1011, 41.8511, 32.6838)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C38F #C3386C

analogous

#38C34A #38C38F #38B2C3

triadic

#38C38F #8F38C3 #C38F38

tetradic

#38C38F #4A38C3 #C3386C #B2C338

square

#38C38F #4A38C3 #C3386C #B2C338

split-complementary

#38C38F #C338B2 #C34A38

monochromatic

#1D6449 #2A936C #38C38F #65D3AA #95E1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38C38F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#38C38F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C38F

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C38F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C38F	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B58C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA892

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c38f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.140 163.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6b0',
    500: '#38c38f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c38f;
$custom-light: #81d6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c38f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.554,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73087,
    "c": 0.14028,
    "h": 163.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C38F

secondary

#CC8BA3

accent

#4981DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C38F

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

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