#38C591#38C591

#38C591 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.141 H 163.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C591
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 145)
HSL	hsl(158, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(158, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 26.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -49.37, 15.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 51.75, 162.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.1355 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.141 163.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7051, 42.8145, 33.6392)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C591 #C5386C

analogous

#38C54A #38C591 #38B3C5

triadic

#38C591 #9138C5 #C59138

tetradic

#38C591 #4A38C5 #C5386C #B3C538

square

#38C591 #4A38C5 #C5386C #B3C538

split-complementary

#38C591 #C538B3 #C54A38

monochromatic

#1D664B #2A956E #38C591 #67D4AB #96E1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#38C591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C591

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C591	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)

#C1B78E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.141 163.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7b1',
    500: '#38c591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c591;
$custom-light: #82d7b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.872,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73643,
    "c": 0.14119,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C591

secondary

#CD8CA4

accent

#4980DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF5

border

#CBD3CF

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C591

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

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