#38C49D#38C49D

#38C49D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.131 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C49D
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 157)
HSL	hsl(163, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(163, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 19.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -46.15, 9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 47.02, 168.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.1289 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.131 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4534, 42.7517, 38.6968)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C49D #C4385F

analogous

#38C457 #38C49D #38A5C4

triadic

#38C49D #9D38C4 #C49D38

tetradic

#38C49D #5738C4 #C4385F #A5C438

square

#38C49D #5738C4 #C4385F #A5C438

split-complementary

#38C49D #C438A5 #C45738

monochromatic

#1D6551 #2A9477 #38C49D #66D3B5 #96E1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#38C49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C49D

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C49D	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA9A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.131 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7ba',
    500: '#38c49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c49d;
$custom-light: #82d7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73696,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C49D

secondary

#CC8C9E

accent

#4973DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C49D

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

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