#38C58C#38C58C

#38C58C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.145 H 161.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C58C
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 140)
HSL	hsl(156, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(156, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 28.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -50.47, 18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 53.61, 160.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.1379 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.145 161.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3280, 42.6637, 31.6532)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C58C #C53871

analogous

#38C546 #38C58C #38B7C5

triadic

#38C58C #8C38C5 #C58C38

tetradic

#38C58C #4638C5 #C53871 #B7C538

square

#38C58C #4638C5 #C53871 #B7C538

split-complementary

#38C58C #C538B7 #C54638

monochromatic

#1D6648 #2A956A #38C58C #67D4A8 #96E1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C58C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#38C58C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C58C

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C58C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C58C	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)

#C2B689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c58c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.145 161.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7ad',
    500: '#38c58c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c58c;
$custom-light: #81d7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c58c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.745,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73525,
    "c": 0.14533,
    "h": 161.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C58C

secondary

#CD8CA6

accent

#4986DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C58C

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

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