#38C98E#38C98E

#38C98E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.149 H 161.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C98E
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 142)
HSL	hsl(156, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(156, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 29.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -51.63, 18.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 54.93, 160.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.1409 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.149 161.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3972, 44.5639, 32.7437)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C98E #C93873

analogous

#38C945 #38C98E #38BCC9

triadic

#38C98E #8E38C9 #C98E38

tetradic

#38C98E #4538C9 #C93873 #BCC938

square

#38C98E #4538C9 #C93873 #BCC938

split-complementary

#38C98E #C938BC #C94538

monochromatic

#1D6A4A #2A9A6C #38C98E #68D6A9 #98E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#38C98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#38C98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C98E

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C98E	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BA8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AD92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.149 161.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82daaf',
    500: '#38c98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c98e;
$custom-light: #82daaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.586,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74588,
    "c": 0.14876,
    "h": 161.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C98E

secondary

#CF8EA8

accent

#4786E1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C98E

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

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