#38C391#38C391

#38C391 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.139 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C391
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 145)
HSL	hsl(158, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(158, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 25.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -48.55, 14.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 50.72, 163.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.1335 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.139 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2540, 41.9123, 33.4888)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C391 #C3386A

analogous

#38C34C #38C391 #38B0C3

triadic

#38C391 #9138C3 #C39138

tetradic

#38C391 #4C38C3 #C3386A #B0C338

square

#38C391 #4C38C3 #C3386A #B0C338

split-complementary

#38C391 #C338B0 #C34C38

monochromatic

#1D644A #2A936E #38C391 #65D3AB #95E1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38C391 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#38C391 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C391

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C391	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C391	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB58E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA894

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c391;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.139 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6b1',
    500: '#38c391',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c391;
$custom-light: #81d6b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c391",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.417,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73135,
    "c": 0.13867,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C391

secondary

#CC8BA2

accent

#497FDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF5

border

#CBD3CF

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C391

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

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