#38C895#38C895

#38C895 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.142 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C895
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 149)
HSL	hsl(159, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(159, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 25.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -49.68, 14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 51.83, 163.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.1366 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.142 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7069, 44.3160, 35.5216)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C895 #C8386B

analogous

#38C84D #38C895 #38B3C8

triadic

#38C895 #9538C8 #C89538

tetradic

#38C895 #4D38C8 #C8386B #B3C838

square

#38C895 #4D38C8 #C8386B #B3C838

split-complementary

#38C895 #C838B3 #C84D38

monochromatic

#1D694E #2A9972 #38C895 #68D5AF #98E3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C895 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#38C895 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C895

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C895	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C895	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c895;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.142 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dab4',
    500: '#38c895',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c895;
$custom-light: #82dab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c895",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.75,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.745,
    "c": 0.14176,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C895

secondary

#CE8EA5

accent

#487EE0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C895

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

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