#38C990#38C990

#38C990 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.147 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C990
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 144)
HSL	hsl(156, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(156, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 28.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -51.19, 17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 54.18, 160.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.14 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.147 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5487, 44.6245, 33.5416)
Luminance	0.4463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C990 #C93871

analogous

#38C948 #38C990 #38B9C9

triadic

#38C990 #9038C9 #C99038

tetradic

#38C990 #4838C9 #C93871 #B9C938

square

#38C990 #4838C9 #C93871 #B9C938

split-complementary

#38C990 #C938B9 #C94838

monochromatic

#1D6A4C #2A9A6E #38C990 #68D6AB #98E3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#38C990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#38C990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C990

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C990	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BA8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AD94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.147 162.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dab0',
    500: '#38c990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c990;
$custom-light: #82dab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.414,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74634,
    "c": 0.14708,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C990

secondary

#CF8EA7

accent

#4784E1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF5

border

#CBD4CF

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C990

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

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