#38C488#38C488

#38C488 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.147 H 160.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C488
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 136)
HSL	hsl(154, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(154, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 30.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -50.94, 19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 54.60, 158.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.1388 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.147 160.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8121, 42.0952, 30.0526)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C488 #C43874

analogous

#38C442 #38C488 #38BAC4

triadic

#38C488 #8838C4 #C48838

tetradic

#38C488 #4238C4 #C43874 #BAC438

square

#38C488 #4238C4 #C43874 #BAC438

split-complementary

#38C488 #C438BA #C44238

monochromatic

#1D6546 #2A9467 #38C488 #66D3A4 #96E1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#38C488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C488

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C488	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A88C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.147 160.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7ab',
    500: '#38c488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c488;
$custom-light: #81d7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73178,
    "c": 0.14745,
    "h": 160.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C488

secondary

#CC8CA7

accent

#4989DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C488

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

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