#38C78E#38C78E

#38C78E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.146 H 161.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C78E
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 142)
HSL	hsl(156, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(156, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 28.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -50.83, 17.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 53.90, 160.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.1389 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.146 161.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9340, 43.6375, 32.5893)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C78E #C73871

analogous

#38C747 #38C78E #38B8C7

triadic

#38C78E #8E38C7 #C78E38

tetradic

#38C78E #4738C7 #C73871 #B8C738

square

#38C78E #4738C7 #C73871 #B8C738

split-complementary

#38C78E #C738B8 #C74738

monochromatic

#1D674A #2B976C #38C78E #68D4A9 #98E2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C78E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#38C78E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C78E

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C78E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C78E	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)

#C4B88B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AB92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c78e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.146 161.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9af',
    500: '#38c78e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c78e;
$custom-light: #82d9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c78e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.084,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7408,
    "c": 0.1462,
    "h": 161.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C78E

secondary

#CD8DA7

accent

#4885DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C78E

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

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