#38C686#38C686

#38C686 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.152 H 159.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C686
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 134)
HSL	hsl(153, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(153, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 32.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -52.14, 21.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 56.41, 157.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.1417 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.152 159)
XYZ	xyz(26.1254, 42.9471, 29.4624)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C686 #C63878

analogous

#38C63F #38C686 #38BFC6

triadic

#38C686 #8638C6 #C68638

tetradic

#38C686 #3F38C6 #C63878 #BFC638

square

#38C686 #3F38C6 #C63878 #BFC638

split-complementary

#38C686 #C638BF #C63F38

monochromatic

#1D6745 #2B9666 #38C686 #67D4A3 #97E2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#38C686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C686

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C686	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)

#C4B782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AA8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.152 159.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d8a9',
    500: '#38c686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c686;
$custom-light: #82d8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.958,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73645,
    "c": 0.15178,
    "h": 159
  },
  "luminance": 0.4295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C686

secondary

#CD8DAA

accent

#498CDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C686

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

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