#38C788#38C788

#38C788 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.151 H 159.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C788
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 136)
HSL	hsl(154, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(154, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 31.7%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -52.11, 20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 56.17, 158.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.1417 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.151 159.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4956, 43.4621, 30.2804)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C788 #C73877

analogous

#38C740 #38C788 #38BFC7

triadic

#38C788 #8838C7 #C78838

tetradic

#38C788 #4038C7 #C73877 #BFC738

square

#38C788 #4038C7 #C73877 #BFC738

split-complementary

#38C788 #C738BF #C74038

monochromatic

#1D6747 #2B9767 #38C788 #68D4A5 #98E2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C788 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#38C788 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C788

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C788	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C788	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c788;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.151 159.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9ab',
    500: '#38c788',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c788;
$custom-light: #82d9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c788",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.566,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73944,
    "c": 0.15133,
    "h": 159.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C788

secondary

#CD8DAA

accent

#488BDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C788

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

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