#38C48B#38C48B

#38C48B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.145 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C48B
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 139)
HSL	hsl(156, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(156, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 29.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -50.29, 18.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 53.47, 160.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.1373 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.145 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0283, 42.1817, 31.1912)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C48B #C43871

analogous

#38C445 #38C48B #38B7C4

triadic

#38C48B #8B38C4 #C48B38

tetradic

#38C48B #4538C4 #C43871 #B7C438

square

#38C48B #4538C4 #C43871 #B7C438

split-complementary

#38C48B #C438B7 #C44538

monochromatic

#1D6547 #2A9469 #38C48B #66D3A7 #96E1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C48B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#38C48B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C48B

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C48B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C48B	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA98F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c48b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.145 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7ad',
    500: '#38c48b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c48b;
$custom-light: #81d7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c48b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73247,
    "c": 0.14488,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C48B

secondary

#CC8CA6

accent

#4986DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C48B

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

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