#38C88C#38C88C

#38C88C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.149 H 160.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C88C
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 140)
HSL	hsl(155, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(155, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 30%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -51.66, 19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 55.17, 159.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.1408 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.149 160.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0160, 44.0396, 31.8825)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C88C #C83874

analogous

#38C844 #38C88C #38BCC8

triadic

#38C88C #8C38C8 #C88C38

tetradic

#38C88C #4438C8 #C83874 #BCC838

square

#38C88C #4438C8 #C83874 #BCC838

split-complementary

#38C88C #C838BC #C84438

monochromatic

#1D6949 #2A996B #38C88C #68D5A8 #98E3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C88C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#38C88C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C88C

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C88C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C88C	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AC90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c88c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.149 160.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82daad',
    500: '#38c88c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c88c;
$custom-light: #82daad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c88c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74288,
    "c": 0.14917,
    "h": 160.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C88C

secondary

#CE8EA9

accent

#4887E0

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C88C

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

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