#38C69C#38C69C

#38C69C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.134 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C69C
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 156)
HSL	hsl(162, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 21.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -47.23, 10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 48.35, 167.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.1313 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.134 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8225, 43.6260, 38.4004)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C69C #C63862

analogous

#38C655 #38C69C #38A9C6

triadic

#38C69C #9C38C6 #C69C38

tetradic

#38C69C #5538C6 #C63862 #A9C638

square

#38C69C #5538C6 #C63862 #A9C638

split-complementary

#38C69C #C638A9 #C65538

monochromatic

#1D6751 #2B9676 #38C69C #67D4B4 #97E2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C69C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#38C69C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C69C

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C69C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C69C	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAB9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c69c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.134 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d8b9',
    500: '#38c69c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c69c;
$custom-light: #82d8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c69c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.254,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74173,
    "c": 0.13399,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C69C

secondary

#CD8DA0

accent

#4975DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C69C

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

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