#38CA8D#38CA8D

#38CA8D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.151 H 160.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CA8D
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 141)
HSL	hsl(155, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(155, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 30.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, -52.23, 19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 55.83, 159.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.1424 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.151 160.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5563, 45.0017, 32.4280)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CA8D #CA3875

analogous

#38CA44 #38CA8D #38BECA

triadic

#38CA8D #8D38CA #CA8D38

tetradic

#38CA8D #4438CA #CA3875 #BECA38

square

#38CA8D #4438CA #CA3875 #BECA38

split-complementary

#38CA8D #CA38BE #CA4438

monochromatic

#1D6B4A #299B6C #38CA8D #68D7A9 #99E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38CA8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#38CA8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA8D

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CA8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CA8D	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BB89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AE91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ca8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.151 160.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dbae',
    500: '#38ca8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ca8d;
$custom-light: #82dbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ca8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.932,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74819,
    "c": 0.15088,
    "h": 160.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CA8D

secondary

#CF8EAA

accent

#4787E1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA8D

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

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