#38C590#38C590

#38C590 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.142 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C590
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 144)
HSL	hsl(157, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(157, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 26.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -49.59, 16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 52.12, 162.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.136 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.142 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6283, 42.7838, 33.2349)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C590 #C5386D

analogous

#38C54A #38C590 #38B3C5

triadic

#38C590 #9038C5 #C59038

tetradic

#38C590 #4A38C5 #C5386D #B3C538

square

#38C590 #4A38C5 #C5386D #B3C538

split-complementary

#38C590 #C538B3 #C54A38

monochromatic

#1D664A #2A956D #38C590 #67D4AB #96E1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C590 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#38C590 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C590

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C590	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C590	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)

#C2B78D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AA93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c590;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.142 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7b0',
    500: '#38c590',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c590;
$custom-light: #82d7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c590",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.447,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73619,
    "c": 0.14201,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C590

secondary

#CD8CA4

accent

#4981DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C590

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

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