#38C59E#38C59E

#38C59E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.131 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C59E
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 158)
HSL	hsl(163, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 19.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -46.33, 8.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 47.18, 169.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.1294 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.131 170)
XYZ	xyz(27.7654, 43.2386, 39.2237)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C59E #C5385F

analogous

#38C557 #38C59E #38A6C5

triadic

#38C59E #9E38C5 #C59E38

tetradic

#38C59E #5738C5 #C5385F #A6C538

square

#38C59E #5738C5 #C5385F #A6C538

split-complementary

#38C59E #C538A6 #C55738

monochromatic

#1D6652 #2A9578 #38C59E #67D4B5 #96E1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#38C59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#38C59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C59E

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C59E	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAAA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.131 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7ba',
    500: '#38c59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c59e;
$custom-light: #82d7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.404,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73974,
    "c": 0.13139,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.43242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C59E

secondary

#CD8C9E

accent

#4972DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C59E

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

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