#38C48A#38C48A

#38C48A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.146 H 161.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C48A
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 138)
HSL	hsl(155, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(155, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 29.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -50.51, 18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 53.84, 159.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.1378 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.146 161)
XYZ	xyz(25.9556, 42.1526, 30.8082)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C48A #C43872

analogous

#38C444 #38C48A #38B8C4

triadic

#38C48A #8A38C4 #C48A38

tetradic

#38C48A #4438C4 #C43872 #B8C438

square

#38C48A #4438C4 #C43872 #B8C438

split-complementary

#38C48A #C438B8 #C44438

monochromatic

#1D6547 #2A9468 #38C48A #66D3A6 #96E1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C48A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#38C48A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C48A

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C48A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C48A	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A98E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c48a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.146 161.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7ac',
    500: '#38c48a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c48a;
$custom-light: #81d7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c48a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73224,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 161
  },
  "luminance": 0.42156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C48A

secondary

#CC8CA6

accent

#4987DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C48A

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

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