#38C98C#38C98C

#38C98C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.150 H 160.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C98C
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 140)
HSL	hsl(155, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(155, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 30.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -52.05, 19.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 55.69, 159.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.1418 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.15 160.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2483, 44.5043, 31.9600)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C98C #C93875

analogous

#38C944 #38C98C #38BDC9

triadic

#38C98C #8C38C9 #C98C38

tetradic

#38C98C #4438C9 #C93875 #BDC938

square

#38C98C #4438C9 #C93875 #BDC938

split-complementary

#38C98C #C938BD #C94438

monochromatic

#1D6A49 #2A9A6B #38C98C #68D6A8 #98E3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#38C98C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#38C98C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C98C

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C98C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C98C	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)

#C6BA88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AD90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c98c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.150 160.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82daae',
    500: '#38c98c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c98c;
$custom-light: #82daae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c98c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.759,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74542,
    "c": 0.15045,
    "h": 160.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C98C

secondary

#CF8EA9

accent

#4788E1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C98C

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

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