#38C480#38C480

#38C480 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.154 H 157.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C480
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 128)
HSL	hsl(151, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(151, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 34.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -52.59, 23.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 57.69, 155.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.1425 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.154 157.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2647, 41.8762, 27.1693)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C480 #C4387C

analogous

#38C43A #38C480 #38C2C4

triadic

#38C480 #8038C4 #C48038

tetradic

#38C480 #3A38C4 #C4387C #C2C438

square

#38C480 #3A38C4 #C4387C #C2C438

split-complementary

#38C480 #C438C2 #C43A38

monochromatic

#1D6542 #2A9461 #38C480 #66D39E #96E1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38C480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#38C480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C480

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C480	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B57C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.154 157.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7a5',
    500: '#38c480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c480;
$custom-light: #81d7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73004,
    "c": 0.15449,
    "h": 157.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C480

secondary

#CC8CAB

accent

#4992DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C480

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

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