#38C394#38C394

#38C394 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.136 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C394
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 148)
HSL	hsl(160, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(160, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 24.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -47.87, 13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 49.64, 164.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.1321 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.136 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4884, 42.0060, 34.7232)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C394 #C33867

analogous

#38C34F #38C394 #38ADC3

triadic

#38C394 #9438C3 #C39438

tetradic

#38C394 #4F38C3 #C33867 #ADC338

square

#38C394 #4F38C3 #C33867 #ADC338

split-complementary

#38C394 #C338AD #C34F38

monochromatic

#1D644C #2A9370 #38C394 #65D3AE #95E1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C394 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#38C394 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C394

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C394	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C394	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	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)

#BFB591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c394;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.136 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6b3',
    500: '#38c394',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c394;
$custom-light: #81d6b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c394",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.712,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7321,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C394

secondary

#CC8BA1

accent

#497CDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C394

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

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