#38C981#38C981

#38C981 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.160 H 156.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C981
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 129)
HSL	hsl(150, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(150, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 35.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -54.31, 25.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 59.92, 155.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.1469 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.16 156.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4774, 44.1960, 27.8999)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C981 #C93880

analogous

#38C938 #38C981 #38C8C9

triadic

#38C981 #8138C9 #C98138

tetradic

#38C981 #3838C9 #C93880 #C8C938

square

#38C981 #3838C9 #C93880 #C8C938

split-complementary

#38C981 #C938C8 #C93838

monochromatic

#1D6A44 #2A9A62 #38C981 #68D69F #98E3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#38C981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C981

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C981	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B97C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AC86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.160 156.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82daa6',
    500: '#38c981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c981;
$custom-light: #82daa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.207,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74306,
    "c": 0.16011,
    "h": 156.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C981

secondary

#CF8EAE

accent

#4793E1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C981

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

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