#38C888#38C888

#38C888 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.153 H 159.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C888
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 136)
HSL	hsl(153, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(153, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 32%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -52.51, 21.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 56.69, 157.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.1427 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.153 159.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7264, 43.9238, 30.3574)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C888 #C83878

analogous

#38C840 #38C888 #38C0C8

triadic

#38C888 #8838C8 #C88838

tetradic

#38C888 #4038C8 #C83878 #C0C838

square

#38C888 #4038C8 #C83878 #C0C838

split-complementary

#38C888 #C838C0 #C84038

monochromatic

#1D6947 #2A9968 #38C888 #68D5A5 #98E3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C888 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#38C888 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C888

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C888	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C888	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B984

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AC8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c888;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.153 159.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82daab',
    500: '#38c888',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c888;
$custom-light: #82daab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c888",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.333,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74199,
    "c": 0.15262,
    "h": 159.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C888

secondary

#CE8EAA

accent

#488BE0

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C888

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

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