#38C88F#38C88F

#38C88F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.147 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C88F
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 143)
HSL	hsl(156, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(156, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 28.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -51.01, 17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 54.04, 160.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.1394 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.147 162)
XYZ	xyz(27.2402, 44.1293, 33.0635)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C88F #C83871

analogous

#38C847 #38C88F #38B9C8

triadic

#38C88F #8F38C8 #C88F38

tetradic

#38C88F #4738C8 #C83871 #B9C838

square

#38C88F #4738C8 #C83871 #B9C838

split-complementary

#38C88F #C838B9 #C84738

monochromatic

#1D694B #2A996D #38C88F #68D5AA #98E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C88F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#38C88F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C88F

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C88F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C88F	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B98C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AC93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c88f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.147 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dab0',
    500: '#38c88f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c88f;
$custom-light: #82dab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c88f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74357,
    "c": 0.14664,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.44132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C88F

secondary

#CE8EA7

accent

#4884E0

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C88F

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

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