#38C98B#38C98B

#38C98B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.151 H 160.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C98B
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 139)
HSL	hsl(154, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(154, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 30.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -52.27, 20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 56.07, 158.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.1423 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.151 160.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1749, 44.4750, 31.5734)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C98B #C93876

analogous

#38C943 #38C98B #38BEC9

triadic

#38C98B #8B38C9 #C98B38

tetradic

#38C98B #4338C9 #C93876 #BEC938

square

#38C98B #4338C9 #C93876 #BEC938

split-complementary

#38C98B #C938BE #C94338

monochromatic

#1D6A49 #2A9A6A #38C98B #68D6A7 #98E3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#38C98B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#38C98B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C98B

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C98B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C98B	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BA87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AD8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c98b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.151 160.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82daad',
    500: '#38c98b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c98b;
$custom-light: #82daad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c98b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.345,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7452,
    "c": 0.15131,
    "h": 160.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C98B

secondary

#CF8EAA

accent

#4789E1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C98B

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

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