#38C88E#38C88E

#38C88E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.147 H 161.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C88E
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 142)
HSL	hsl(156, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(156, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 29%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -51.23, 18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 54.41, 160.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.1399 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.147 161.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1648, 44.0992, 32.6663)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C88E #C83872

analogous

#38C846 #38C88E #38BAC8

triadic

#38C88E #8E38C8 #C88E38

tetradic

#38C88E #4638C8 #C83872 #BAC838

square

#38C88E #4638C8 #C83872 #BAC838

split-complementary

#38C88E #C838BA #C84638

monochromatic

#1D694A #2A996C #38C88E #68D5A9 #98E3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C88E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#38C88E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C88E

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C88E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C88E	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B98B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AC92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c88e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.147 161.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82daaf',
    500: '#38c88e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c88e;
$custom-light: #82daaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c88e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.833,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74334,
    "c": 0.14748,
    "h": 161.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C88E

secondary

#CE8EA8

accent

#4885E0

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C88E

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

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