#38C995#38C995

#38C995 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.143 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C995
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 149)
HSL	hsl(158, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(158, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 25.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -50.08, 15.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 52.34, 163.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.1376 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.143 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9393, 44.7807, 35.5990)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C995 #C9386C

analogous

#38C94D #38C995 #38B4C9

triadic

#38C995 #9538C9 #C99538

tetradic

#38C995 #4D38C9 #C9386C #B4C938

square

#38C995 #4D38C9 #C9386C #B4C938

split-complementary

#38C995 #C938B4 #C94D38

monochromatic

#1D6A4E #2A9A72 #38C995 #68D6AF #98E3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38C995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#38C995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C995

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C995	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BA92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AD98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.143 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dab4',
    500: '#38c995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c995;
$custom-light: #82dab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.483,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74753,
    "c": 0.143,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C995

secondary

#CF8EA5

accent

#477EE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C995

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

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