#38C482#38C482

#38C482 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.153 H 158.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C482
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 130)
HSL	hsl(152, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(152, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 33.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -52.19, 22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 56.91, 156.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.1416 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.153 158)
XYZ	xyz(25.3976, 41.9294, 27.8694)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C482 #C4387A

analogous

#38C43C #38C482 #38C0C4

triadic

#38C482 #8238C4 #C48238

tetradic

#38C482 #3C38C4 #C4387A #C0C438

square

#38C482 #3C38C4 #C4387A #C0C438

split-complementary

#38C482 #C438C0 #C43C38

monochromatic

#1D6543 #2A9462 #38C482 #66D3A0 #96E1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38C482 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#38C482 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C482

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C482	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C482	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B57E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A886

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c482;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.153 158.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7a6',
    500: '#38c482',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c482;
$custom-light: #81d7a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c482",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73047,
    "c": 0.15271,
    "h": 158
  },
  "luminance": 0.41932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C482

secondary

#CC8CAA

accent

#4990DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C482

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

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