#38C398#38C398

#38C398 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.133 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C398
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 152)
HSL	hsl(161, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(161, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 22.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -46.93, 11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 48.23, 166.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.1302 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.133 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8104, 42.1349, 36.4195)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C398 #C33863

analogous

#38C353 #38C398 #38A9C3

triadic

#38C398 #9838C3 #C39838

tetradic

#38C398 #5338C3 #C33863 #A9C338

square

#38C398 #5338C3 #C33863 #A9C338

split-complementary

#38C398 #C338A9 #C35338

monochromatic

#1D644E #2A9373 #38C398 #65D3B1 #95E1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#38C398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C398

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C398	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.133 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6b6',
    500: '#38c398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c398;
$custom-light: #81d6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.439,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73312,
    "c": 0.13327,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C398

secondary

#CC8B9F

accent

#4977DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C398

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

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