#38C481#38C481

#38C481 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.154 H 157.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C481
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 129)
HSL	hsl(151, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(151, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 34.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -52.39, 23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 57.30, 156.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.142 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.154 157.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3308, 41.9027, 27.5177)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C481 #C4387B

analogous

#38C43B #38C481 #38C1C4

triadic

#38C481 #8138C4 #C48138

tetradic

#38C481 #3B38C4 #C4387B #C1C438

square

#38C481 #3B38C4 #C4387B #C1C438

split-complementary

#38C481 #C438C1 #C43B38

monochromatic

#1D6542 #2A9462 #38C481 #66D39F #96E1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38C481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#38C481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C481

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C481	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)

#C2B57D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.154 157.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7a6',
    500: '#38c481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c481;
$custom-light: #81d7a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73025,
    "c": 0.15359,
    "h": 157.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C481

secondary

#CC8CAB

accent

#4991DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C481

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

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