#38C48D#38C48D

#38C48D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.143 H 162.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C48D
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 141)
HSL	hsl(156, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(156, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 28.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -49.85, 17.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 52.72, 161.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.1364 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.143 162.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1758, 42.2407, 31.9679)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C48D #C4386F

analogous

#38C447 #38C48D #38B5C4

triadic

#38C48D #8D38C4 #C48D38

tetradic

#38C48D #4738C4 #C4386F #B5C438

square

#38C48D #4738C4 #C4386F #B5C438

split-complementary

#38C48D #C438B5 #C44738

monochromatic

#1D6549 #2A946B #38C48D #66D3A8 #96E1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38C48D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#38C48D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C48D

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C48D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C48D	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B68A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c48d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.143 162.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7ae',
    500: '#38c48d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c48d;
$custom-light: #81d7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c48d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73293,
    "c": 0.1432,
    "h": 162.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C48D

secondary

#CC8CA5

accent

#4984DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C48D

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

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