#38C991#38C991

#38C991 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.146 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C991
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 145)
HSL	hsl(157, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(157, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 27.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -50.97, 17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 53.81, 161.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.1395 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.146 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6254, 44.6552, 33.9459)
Luminance	0.4466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C991 #C93870

analogous

#38C949 #38C991 #38B8C9

triadic

#38C991 #9138C9 #C99138

tetradic

#38C991 #4938C9 #C93870 #B8C938

square

#38C991 #4938C9 #C93870 #B8C938

split-complementary

#38C991 #C938B8 #C94938

monochromatic

#1D6A4C #2A9A6F #38C991 #68D6AC #98E3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38C991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#38C991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C991

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C991	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	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)

#C6BA8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AD95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.146 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dab1',
    500: '#38c991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c991;
$custom-light: #82dab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.828,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74657,
    "c": 0.14625,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C991

secondary

#CF8EA7

accent

#4782E1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF5

border

#CBD4CF

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C991

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

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