#38C487#38C487

#38C487 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.148 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C487
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 135)
HSL	hsl(154, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(154, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 31.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -51.15, 20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 54.98, 158.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.1392 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.148 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7414, 42.0669, 29.6801)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C487 #C43875

analogous

#38C441 #38C487 #38BBC4

triadic

#38C487 #8738C4 #C48738

tetradic

#38C487 #4138C4 #C43875 #BBC438

square

#38C487 #4138C4 #C43875 #BBC438

split-complementary

#38C487 #C438BB #C44138

monochromatic

#1D6545 #2A9466 #38C487 #66D3A4 #96E1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#38C487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C487

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C487	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)

#C2B583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A88B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.148 159.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7aa',
    500: '#38c487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c487;
$custom-light: #81d7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73156,
    "c": 0.14831,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C487

secondary

#CC8CA8

accent

#498ADF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C487

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

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