#38C494#38C494

#38C494 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.138 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C494
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 148)
HSL	hsl(159, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(159, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 24.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -48.28, 13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 50.15, 164.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.1331 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.138 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7132, 42.4556, 34.7981)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C494 #C43868

analogous

#38C44E #38C494 #38AEC4

triadic

#38C494 #9438C4 #C49438

tetradic

#38C494 #4E38C4 #C43868 #AEC438

square

#38C494 #4E38C4 #C43868 #AEC438

split-complementary

#38C494 #C438AE #C44E38

monochromatic

#1D654C #2A9470 #38C494 #66D3AE #96E1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#38C494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#38C494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C494

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C494	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.138 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7b3',
    500: '#38c494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c494;
$custom-light: #81d7b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73463,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C494

secondary

#CC8CA2

accent

#497CDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C494

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

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