#38C484#38C484

#38C484 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.151 H 158.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C484
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 132)
HSL	hsl(153, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(153, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 32.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -51.77, 21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 56.14, 157.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.1406 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.151 158.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5331, 41.9836, 28.5833)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C484 #C43878

analogous

#38C43E #38C484 #38BEC4

triadic

#38C484 #8438C4 #C48438

tetradic

#38C484 #3E38C4 #C43878 #BEC438

square

#38C484 #3E38C4 #C43878 #BEC438

split-complementary

#38C484 #C438BE #C43E38

monochromatic

#1D6544 #2A9464 #38C484 #66D3A1 #96E1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C484 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#38C484 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C484

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C484	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C484	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c484;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.151 158.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7a8',
    500: '#38c484',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c484;
$custom-light: #81d7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c484",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7309,
    "c": 0.15094,
    "h": 158.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C484

secondary

#CC8CA9

accent

#498DDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C484

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

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