#38C39D#38C39D

#38C39D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.130 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C39D
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 157)
HSL	hsl(164, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(164, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 19.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -45.73, 8.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 46.52, 169.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.1279 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.13 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2286, 42.3021, 38.6219)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C39D #C3385E

analogous

#38C358 #38C39D #38A4C3

triadic

#38C39D #9D38C3 #C39D38

tetradic

#38C39D #5838C3 #C3385E #A4C338

square

#38C39D #5838C3 #C3385E #A4C338

split-complementary

#38C39D #C338A4 #C35838

monochromatic

#1D6450 #2A9377 #38C39D #65D3B5 #95E1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38C39D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#38C39D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C39D

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C39D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C39D	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB69B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c39d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.130 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6ba',
    500: '#38c39d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c39d;
$custom-light: #82d6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c39d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.597,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73444,
    "c": 0.12971,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C39D

secondary

#CC8B9D

accent

#4972DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C39D

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

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