#38C59C#38C59C

#38C59C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.133 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C59C
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 156)
HSL	hsl(163, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 20.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -46.81, 9.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 47.85, 168.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.1303 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.133 169)
XYZ	xyz(27.5947, 43.1703, 38.3244)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C59C #C53861

analogous

#38C555 #38C59C #38A8C5

triadic

#38C59C #9C38C5 #C59C38

tetradic

#38C59C #5538C5 #C53861 #A8C538

square

#38C59C #5538C5 #C53861 #A8C538

split-complementary

#38C59C #C538A8 #C55538

monochromatic

#1D6651 #2A9576 #38C59C #67D4B4 #96E1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#38C59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#38C59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C59C

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C59C	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.133 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7b9',
    500: '#38c59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c59c;
$custom-light: #82d7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.553,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73921,
    "c": 0.13279,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.43174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C59C

secondary

#CD8C9F

accent

#4974DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C59C

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

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