#38C49F#38C49F

#38C49F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.130 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C49F
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 159)
HSL	hsl(164, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(164, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 18.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -45.66, 7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 46.36, 170.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.1279 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.13 171)
XYZ	xyz(27.6256, 42.8206, 39.6034)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C49F #C4385D

analogous

#38C459 #38C49F #38A3C4

triadic

#38C49F #9F38C4 #C49F38

tetradic

#38C49F #5938C4 #C4385D #A3C438

square

#38C49F #5938C4 #C4385D #A3C438

split-complementary

#38C49F #C438A3 #C45938

monochromatic

#1D6552 #2A9478 #38C49F #66D3B6 #96E1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C49F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#38C49F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C49F

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C49F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C49F	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)

#BEB79D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA9A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c49f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.130 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7bb',
    500: '#38c49f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c49f;
$custom-light: #82d7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c49f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73749,
    "c": 0.12954,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.42824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C49F

secondary

#CC8C9D

accent

#4971DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C49F

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

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