#38C595#38C595

#38C595 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.138 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C595
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 149)
HSL	hsl(160, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 24.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -48.46, 13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 50.30, 164.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.1336 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.138 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0190, 42.9401, 35.2922)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C595 #C53868

analogous

#38C54E #38C595 #38AFC5

triadic

#38C595 #9538C5 #C59538

tetradic

#38C595 #4E38C5 #C53868 #AFC538

square

#38C595 #4E38C5 #C53868 #AFC538

split-complementary

#38C595 #C538AF #C54E38

monochromatic

#1D664D #2A9571 #38C595 #67D4AF #96E1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#38C595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C595

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C595	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.138 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7b4',
    500: '#38c595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c595;
$custom-light: #82d7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.574,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73741,
    "c": 0.13801,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C595

secondary

#CD8CA2

accent

#497CDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C595

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

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