#38C49C#38C49C

#38C49C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.132 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C49C
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 156)
HSL	hsl(163, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(163, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 20.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -46.39, 9.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 47.36, 168.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.1293 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.132 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3684, 42.7177, 38.2490)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C49C #C43860

analogous

#38C456 #38C49C #38A6C4

triadic

#38C49C #9C38C4 #C49C38

tetradic

#38C49C #5638C4 #C43860 #A6C438

square

#38C49C #5638C4 #C43860 #A6C438

split-complementary

#38C49C #C438A6 #C45638

monochromatic

#1D6550 #2A9476 #38C49C #66D3B4 #96E1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#38C49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C49C

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C49C	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)

#BFB79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA99F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.132 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7b9',
    500: '#38c49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c49c;
$custom-light: #82d7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73669,
    "c": 0.1316,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C49C

secondary

#CC8C9E

accent

#4974DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C49C

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

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