#38C695#38C695

#38C695 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.139 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C695
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 149)
HSL	hsl(159, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(159, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 24.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -48.86, 13.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 50.81, 164.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.1346 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.139 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2468, 43.3957, 35.3682)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C695 #C63869

analogous

#38C64E #38C695 #38B0C6

triadic

#38C695 #9538C6 #C69538

tetradic

#38C695 #4E38C6 #C63869 #B0C638

square

#38C695 #4E38C6 #C63869 #B0C638

split-complementary

#38C695 #C638B0 #C64E38

monochromatic

#1D674D #2B9671 #38C695 #67D4AE #97E2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C695 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#38C695 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C695

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C695	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C695	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c695;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.139 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d8b4',
    500: '#38c695',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c695;
$custom-light: #82d8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c695",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.296,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73994,
    "c": 0.13926,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C695

secondary

#CD8DA3

accent

#497DDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C695

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

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