#38C491#38C491

#38C491 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.140 H 164.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C491
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 145)
HSL	hsl(158, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(158, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 26%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -48.96, 15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 51.24, 162.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.1345 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.14 164)
XYZ	xyz(26.4788, 42.3619, 33.5637)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C491 #C4386B

analogous

#38C44B #38C491 #38B1C4

triadic

#38C491 #9138C4 #C49138

tetradic

#38C491 #4B38C4 #C4386B #B1C438

square

#38C491 #4B38C4 #C4386B #B1C438

split-complementary

#38C491 #C438B1 #C44B38

monochromatic

#1D654B #2A946E #38C491 #66D3AB #96E1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38C491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#38C491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C491

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C491	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B68E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.140 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7b1',
    500: '#38c491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c491;
$custom-light: #81d7b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73389,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.42365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C491

secondary

#CC8CA3

accent

#4980DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF5

border

#CBD3CF

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C491

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

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