#38C688#38C688

#38C688 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.150 H 159.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C688
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 136)
HSL	hsl(154, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(154, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 31.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -51.72, 20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 55.65, 158.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.1407 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.15 159.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2662, 43.0035, 30.2040)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C688 #C63876

analogous

#38C641 #38C688 #38BDC6

triadic

#38C688 #8838C6 #C68838

tetradic

#38C688 #4138C6 #C63876 #BDC638

square

#38C688 #4138C6 #C63876 #BDC638

split-complementary

#38C688 #C638BD #C64138

monochromatic

#1D6746 #2B9667 #38C688 #67D4A5 #97E2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C688 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#38C688 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C688

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C688	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C688	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AA8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c688;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.150 159.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d8ab',
    500: '#38c688',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c688;
$custom-light: #82d8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c688",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.803,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73689,
    "c": 0.15004,
    "h": 159.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C688

secondary

#CD8DA9

accent

#498ADF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C688

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

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