#38C58B#38C58B

#38C58B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.146 H 161.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C58B
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 139)
HSL	hsl(155, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(155, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 29.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -50.69, 18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 53.99, 159.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.1383 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.146 161.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2546, 42.6343, 31.2667)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C58B #C53872

analogous

#38C545 #38C58B #38B9C5

triadic

#38C58B #8B38C5 #C58B38

tetradic

#38C58B #4538C5 #C53872 #B9C538

square

#38C58B #4538C5 #C53872 #B9C538

split-complementary

#38C58B #C538B9 #C54538

monochromatic

#1D6648 #2A9569 #38C58B #67D4A7 #96E1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C58B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#38C58B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C58B

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C58B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C58B	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A98F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c58b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.146 161.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7ad',
    500: '#38c58b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c58b;
$custom-light: #81d7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c58b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.319,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73501,
    "c": 0.14617,
    "h": 161.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C58B

secondary

#CD8CA7

accent

#4987DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C58B

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

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