#38C985#38C985

#38C985 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.157 H 158.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C985
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 133)
HSL	hsl(152, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(152, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 33.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -53.51, 23.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 58.37, 156.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.1451 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.157 158)
XYZ	xyz(26.7485, 44.3044, 29.3276)
Luminance	0.4431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C985 #C9387C

analogous

#38C93C #38C985 #38C4C9

triadic

#38C985 #8538C9 #C98538

tetradic

#38C985 #3C38C9 #C9387C #C4C938

square

#38C985 #3C38C9 #C9387C #C4C938

split-complementary

#38C985 #C938C4 #C93C38

monochromatic

#1D6A46 #2A9A65 #38C985 #68D6A3 #98E3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#38C985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C985

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C985	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)

#C7B981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AC89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.157 158.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82daa9',
    500: '#38c985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c985;
$custom-light: #82daa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.862,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74389,
    "c": 0.15655,
    "h": 158
  },
  "luminance": 0.44307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C985

secondary

#CF8EAC

accent

#478FE1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C985

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

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