#38C790#38C790

#38C790 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.145 H 162.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C790
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 144)
HSL	hsl(157, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(157, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 27.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -50.39, 16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 53.15, 161.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.138 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.145 162.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0855, 43.6981, 33.3872)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C790 #C7386F

analogous

#38C749 #38C790 #38B6C7

triadic

#38C790 #9038C7 #C79038

tetradic

#38C790 #4938C7 #C7386F #B6C738

square

#38C790 #4938C7 #C7386F #B6C738

split-complementary

#38C790 #C738B6 #C74938

monochromatic

#1D674B #2B976D #38C790 #68D4AB #98E2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C790 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#38C790 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C790

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C790	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C790	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B88D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AB94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c790;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.145 162.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9b0',
    500: '#38c790',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c790;
$custom-light: #82d9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c790",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.923,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74127,
    "c": 0.14454,
    "h": 162.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C790

secondary

#CD8DA6

accent

#4882DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C790

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

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