#38C393#38C393

#38C393 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.137 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C393
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 147)
HSL	hsl(159, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(159, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 24.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -48.10, 13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 50.00, 164.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.1326 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.137 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4095, 41.9745, 34.3081)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C393 #C33868

analogous

#38C34E #38C393 #38ADC3

triadic

#38C393 #9338C3 #C39338

tetradic

#38C393 #4E38C3 #C33868 #ADC338

square

#38C393 #4E38C3 #C33868 #ADC338

split-complementary

#38C393 #C338AD #C34E38

monochromatic

#1D644B #2A936F #38C393 #65D3AD #95E1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38C393 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#38C393 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C393

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C393	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C393	1.00	2.24	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c393;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.137 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6b2',
    500: '#38c393',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c393;
$custom-light: #81d6b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c393",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.281,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73185,
    "c": 0.13708,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C393

secondary

#CC8BA1

accent

#497DDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C393

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

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