#38C39E#38C39E

#38C39E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.129 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C39E
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 158)
HSL	hsl(164, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(164, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 19%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -45.49, 8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 46.19, 169.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.1274 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.129 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3143, 42.3364, 39.0733)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C39E #C3385D

analogous

#38C359 #38C39E #38A3C3

triadic

#38C39E #9E38C3 #C39E38

tetradic

#38C39E #5938C3 #C3385D #A3C338

square

#38C39E #5938C3 #C3385D #A3C338

split-complementary

#38C39E #C338A3 #C35938

monochromatic

#1D6451 #2A9377 #38C39E #65D3B6 #95E1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38C39E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#38C39E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C39E

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C39E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C39E	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB69C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c39e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.129 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6ba',
    500: '#38c39e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c39e;
$custom-light: #82d6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c39e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.029,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73471,
    "c": 0.12903,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C39E

secondary

#CC8B9C

accent

#4971DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C39E

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

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