#38C49E#38C49E

#38C49E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.130 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C49E
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 158)
HSL	hsl(164, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(164, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 19.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -45.91, 8.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 46.69, 169.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.1284 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.13 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5391, 42.7860, 39.1483)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C49E #C4385E

analogous

#38C458 #38C49E #38A4C4

triadic

#38C49E #9E38C4 #C49E38

tetradic

#38C49E #5838C4 #C4385E #A4C438

square

#38C49E #5838C4 #C4385E #A4C438

split-complementary

#38C49E #C438A4 #C45838

monochromatic

#1D6551 #2A9478 #38C49E #66D3B6 #96E1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#38C49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C49E

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C49E	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA9A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.130 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7ba',
    500: '#38c49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c49e;
$custom-light: #82d7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73722,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C49E

secondary

#CC8C9D

accent

#4972DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C49E

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

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