#38C587#38C587

#38C587 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.150 H 159.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C587
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 135)
HSL	hsl(154, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(154, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 31.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -51.54, 20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 55.51, 158.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.1402 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.15 159.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9677, 42.5195, 29.7555)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C587 #C53876

analogous

#38C541 #38C587 #38BDC5

triadic

#38C587 #8738C5 #C58738

tetradic

#38C587 #4138C5 #C53876 #BDC538

square

#38C587 #4138C5 #C53876 #BDC538

split-complementary

#38C587 #C538BD #C54138

monochromatic

#1D6646 #2A9566 #38C587 #67D4A4 #96E1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#38C587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#38C587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C587

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C587	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A98B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.150 159.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7aa',
    500: '#38c587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c587;
$custom-light: #81d7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.617,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73411,
    "c": 0.14961,
    "h": 159.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C587

secondary

#CD8CA9

accent

#498BDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C587

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

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