#38CA85#38CA85

#38CA85 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.158 H 157.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CA85
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 133)
HSL	hsl(152, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(152, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 34.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -53.89, 23.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 58.89, 156.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.1461 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.158 157.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9824, 44.7721, 29.4056)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CA85 #CA387D

analogous

#38CA3C #38CA85 #38C6CA

triadic

#38CA85 #8538CA #CA8538

tetradic

#38CA85 #3C38CA #CA387D #C6CA38

square

#38CA85 #3C38CA #CA387D #C6CA38

split-complementary

#38CA85 #CA38C6 #CA3C38

monochromatic

#1D6B46 #299B66 #38CA85 #68D7A3 #99E4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38CA85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#38CA85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA85

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CA85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CA85	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BA81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AD89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ca85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.158 157.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dba9',
    500: '#38ca85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ca85;
$custom-light: #82dba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ca85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.644,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74645,
    "c": 0.15784,
    "h": 157.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CA85

secondary

#CF8EAD

accent

#4790E1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA85

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

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