#38C49B#38C49B

#38C49B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.132 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C49B
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 155)
HSL	hsl(162, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(162, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 20.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -46.63, 10.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 47.70, 167.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.1298 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.132 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2841, 42.6840, 37.8049)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C49B #C43861

analogous

#38C455 #38C49B #38A7C4

triadic

#38C49B #9B38C4 #C49B38

tetradic

#38C49B #5538C4 #C43861 #A7C438

square

#38C49B #5538C4 #C43861 #A7C438

split-complementary

#38C49B #C438A7 #C45538

monochromatic

#1D6550 #2A9475 #38C49B #66D3B3 #96E1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C49B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#38C49B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C49B

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C49B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C49B	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA99E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c49b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.132 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7b8',
    500: '#38c49b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c49b;
$custom-light: #82d7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c49b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73642,
    "c": 0.13231,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C49B

secondary

#CC8C9F

accent

#4975DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C49B

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

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