#38CA86#38CA86

#38CA86 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.157 H 158.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CA86
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 134)
HSL	hsl(152, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(152, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 33.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -53.69, 23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 58.50, 156.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.1456 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.157 158.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0518, 44.7999, 29.7712)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CA86 #CA387C

analogous

#38CA3D #38CA86 #38C5CA

triadic

#38CA86 #8638CA #CA8638

tetradic

#38CA86 #3D38CA #CA387C #C5CA38

square

#38CA86 #3D38CA #CA387C #C5CA38

split-complementary

#38CA86 #CA38C5 #CA3D38

monochromatic

#1D6B46 #299B66 #38CA86 #68D7A3 #99E4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38CA86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#38CA86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA86

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CA86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CA86	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)

#C8BA82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AD8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ca86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.157 158.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dba9',
    500: '#38ca86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ca86;
$custom-light: #82dba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ca86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.055,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74666,
    "c": 0.15696,
    "h": 158.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CA86

secondary

#CF8EAD

accent

#478FE1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA86

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

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