#38C498#38C498

#38C498 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.135 H 167.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C498
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 152)
HSL	hsl(161, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(161, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 22.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -47.35, 11.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 48.73, 166.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.1312 0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.135 167.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0353, 42.5845, 36.4945)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C498 #C43864

analogous

#38C452 #38C498 #38AAC4

triadic

#38C498 #9838C4 #C49838

tetradic

#38C498 #5238C4 #C43864 #AAC438

square

#38C498 #5238C4 #C43864 #AAC438

split-complementary

#38C498 #C438AA #C45238

monochromatic

#1D654E #2A9473 #38C498 #66D3B1 #96E1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#38C498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#38C498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C498

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C498	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.135 167.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7b6',
    500: '#38c498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c498;
$custom-light: #82d7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73564,
    "c": 0.1345,
    "h": 167.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C498

secondary

#CC8CA0

accent

#4978DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C498

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

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