#38C784#38C784

#38C784 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.155 H 158.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C784
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 132)
HSL	hsl(152, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(152, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 33.7%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -52.94, 22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 57.71, 156.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.1436 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.155 158)
XYZ	xyz(26.2166, 43.3505, 28.8111)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C784 #C7387B

analogous

#38C73D #38C784 #38C2C7

triadic

#38C784 #8438C7 #C78438

tetradic

#38C784 #3D38C7 #C7387B #C2C738

square

#38C784 #3D38C7 #C7387B #C2C738

split-complementary

#38C784 #C738C2 #C73D38

monochromatic

#1D6745 #2B9764 #38C784 #68D4A2 #98E2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C784 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#38C784 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C784

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C784	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C784	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c784;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.155 158.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9a8',
    500: '#38c784',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c784;
$custom-light: #82d9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c784",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.888,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73857,
    "c": 0.15484,
    "h": 158
  },
  "luminance": 0.43354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C784

secondary

#CD8DAB

accent

#488FDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C784

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

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