#38C69D#38C69D

#38C69D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.133 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C69D
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 157)
HSL	hsl(163, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 20.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -46.99, 9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 48.01, 168.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.1309 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.133 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9075, 43.6600, 38.8482)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C69D #C63861

analogous

#38C656 #38C69D #38A8C6

triadic

#38C69D #9D38C6 #C69D38

tetradic

#38C69D #5638C6 #C63861 #A8C638

square

#38C69D #5638C6 #C63861 #A8C638

split-complementary

#38C69D #C638A8 #C65638

monochromatic

#1D6751 #2B9677 #38C69D #67D4B5 #97E2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C69D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#38C69D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C69D

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C69D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C69D	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)

#C1B89B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEABA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c69d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.133 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d8ba',
    500: '#38c69d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c69d;
$custom-light: #82d8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c69d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.676,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74199,
    "c": 0.13328,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C69D

secondary

#CD8D9F

accent

#4974DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C69D

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

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