#38C486#38C486

#38C486 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.149 H 159.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C486
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 134)
HSL	hsl(153, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(153, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 31.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -51.36, 20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 55.37, 158.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.1397 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.149 159.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6713, 42.0389, 29.3110)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C486 #C43876

analogous

#38C440 #38C486 #38BCC4

triadic

#38C486 #8638C4 #C48638

tetradic

#38C486 #4038C4 #C43876 #BCC438

square

#38C486 #4038C4 #C43876 #BCC438

split-complementary

#38C486 #C438BC #C44038

monochromatic

#1D6545 #2A9465 #38C486 #66D3A3 #96E1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#38C486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C486

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C486	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A88A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.149 159.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7a9',
    500: '#38c486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c486;
$custom-light: #81d7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73134,
    "c": 0.14918,
    "h": 159.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C486

secondary

#CC8CA8

accent

#498BDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C486

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

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