#38C59A#38C59A

#38C59A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.134 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C59A
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 154)
HSL	hsl(162, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 21.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -47.29, 10.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 48.54, 166.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.1313 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.134 168)
XYZ	xyz(27.4267, 43.1032, 37.4399)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C59A #C53863

analogous

#38C554 #38C59A #38AAC5

triadic

#38C59A #9A38C5 #C59A38

tetradic

#38C59A #5438C5 #C53863 #AAC538

square

#38C59A #5438C5 #C53863 #AAC538

split-complementary

#38C59A #C538AA #C55438

monochromatic

#1D664F #2A9575 #38C59A #67D4B2 #96E1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#38C59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#38C59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C59A

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C59A	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.134 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7b7',
    500: '#38c59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c59a;
$custom-light: #82d7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.702,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73868,
    "c": 0.13424,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.43106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C59A

secondary

#CD8CA0

accent

#4977DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C59A

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

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