#38C993#38C993

#38C993 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.145 H 163.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C993
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 147)
HSL	hsl(158, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(158, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 26.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -50.53, 16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 53.07, 162.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.1386 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.145 163.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7810, 44.7174, 34.7653)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C993 #C9386E

analogous

#38C94A #38C993 #38B6C9

triadic

#38C993 #9338C9 #C99338

tetradic

#38C993 #4A38C9 #C9386E #B6C938

square

#38C993 #4A38C9 #C9386E #B6C938

split-complementary

#38C993 #C938B6 #C94A38

monochromatic

#1D6A4D #2A9A70 #38C993 #68D6AD #98E3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38C993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#38C993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C993

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C993	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BA90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AD97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.145 163.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dab2',
    500: '#38c993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c993;
$custom-light: #82dab2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.655,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74705,
    "c": 0.14462,
    "h": 163.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C993

secondary

#CF8EA6

accent

#4780E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C993

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

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