#38C588#38C588

#38C588 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.149 H 160.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C588
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 136)
HSL	hsl(154, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(154, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 31%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -51.33, 20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 55.12, 158.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.1398 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.149 160)
XYZ	xyz(26.0384, 42.5478, 30.1280)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C588 #C53875

analogous

#38C542 #38C588 #38BBC5

triadic

#38C588 #8838C5 #C58838

tetradic

#38C588 #4238C5 #C53875 #BBC538

square

#38C588 #4238C5 #C53875 #BBC538

split-complementary

#38C588 #C538BB #C54238

monochromatic

#1D6646 #2A9567 #38C588 #67D4A4 #96E1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#38C588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#38C588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C588

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C588	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A98C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.149 160.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7ab',
    500: '#38c588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c588;
$custom-light: #81d7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.043,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73433,
    "c": 0.14874,
    "h": 160
  },
  "luminance": 0.42551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C588

secondary

#CD8CA8

accent

#498ADF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C588

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

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