#38C48E#38C48E

#38C48E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.142 H 162.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C48E
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 142)
HSL	hsl(157, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(157, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 27.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -49.63, 16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 52.34, 161.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.1359 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.142 162.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2505, 42.2706, 32.3615)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C48E #C4386E

analogous

#38C448 #38C48E #38B4C4

triadic

#38C48E #8E38C4 #C48E38

tetradic

#38C48E #4838C4 #C4386E #B4C438

square

#38C48E #4838C4 #C4386E #B4C438

split-complementary

#38C48E #C438B4 #C44838

monochromatic

#1D6549 #2A946C #38C48E #66D3A9 #96E1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38C48E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#38C48E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C48E

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C48E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C48E	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)

#C1B68B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA992

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c48e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.142 162.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7af',
    500: '#38c48e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c48e;
$custom-light: #81d7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c48e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73317,
    "c": 0.14238,
    "h": 162.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C48E

secondary

#CC8CA5

accent

#4983DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C48E

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

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