#38C794#38C794

#38C794 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.141 H 164.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C794
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 148)
HSL	hsl(159, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(159, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 25.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -49.50, 14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 51.68, 163.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.1361 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.141 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3966, 43.8225, 35.0260)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C794 #C7386B

analogous

#38C74C #38C794 #38B3C7

triadic

#38C794 #9438C7 #C79438

tetradic

#38C794 #4C38C7 #C7386B #B3C738

square

#38C794 #4C38C7 #C7386B #B3C738

split-complementary

#38C794 #C738B3 #C74C38

monochromatic

#1D674D #2B9770 #38C794 #68D4AE #98E2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C794 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#38C794 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C794

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C794	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C794	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AB97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c794;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.141 164.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9b3',
    500: '#38c794',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c794;
$custom-light: #82d9b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c794",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.601,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74223,
    "c": 0.1413,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C794

secondary

#CD8DA4

accent

#487EDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C794

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

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