#38CA8B#38CA8B

#38CA8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.153 H 159.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CA8B
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 139)
HSL	hsl(154, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(154, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 31.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -52.66, 20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 56.58, 158.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.1433 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.153 159.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4088, 44.9427, 31.6514)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CA8B #CA3877

analogous

#38CA42 #38CA8B #38C0CA

triadic

#38CA8B #8B38CA #CA8B38

tetradic

#38CA8B #4238CA #CA3877 #C0CA38

square

#38CA8B #4238CA #CA3877 #C0CA38

split-complementary

#38CA8B #CA38C0 #CA4238

monochromatic

#1D6B49 #299B6A #38CA8B #68D7A7 #99E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38CA8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#38CA8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA8B

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CA8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CA8B	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BB87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AD8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ca8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.153 159.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dbad',
    500: '#38ca8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ca8b;
$custom-light: #82dbad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ca8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.11,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74774,
    "c": 0.15259,
    "h": 159.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CA8B

secondary

#CF8EAA

accent

#4789E1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA8B

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

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