#38C685#38C685

#38C685 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.153 H 158.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C685
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 133)
HSL	hsl(153, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(153, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 32.8%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -52.35, 22.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 56.80, 157.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.1421 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.153 158.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0560, 42.9194, 29.0968)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C685 #C63879

analogous

#38C63E #38C685 #38C0C6

triadic

#38C685 #8538C6 #C68538

tetradic

#38C685 #3E38C6 #C63879 #C0C638

square

#38C685 #3E38C6 #C63879 #C0C638

split-complementary

#38C685 #C638C0 #C63E38

monochromatic

#1D6745 #2B9665 #38C685 #67D4A2 #97E2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#38C685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C685

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C685	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AA89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.153 158.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d8a9',
    500: '#38c685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c685;
$custom-light: #82d8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.535,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73623,
    "c": 0.15266,
    "h": 158.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C685

secondary

#CD8DAA

accent

#498EDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C685

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

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