#38CA91#38CA91

#38CA91 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.148 H 162.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CA91
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 145)
HSL	hsl(157, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(157, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 28.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -51.37, 17.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 54.33, 161.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.1405 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.148 162.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8593, 45.1229, 34.0239)
Luminance	0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CA91 #CA3871

analogous

#38CA48 #38CA91 #38BACA

triadic

#38CA91 #9138CA #CA9138

tetradic

#38CA91 #4838CA #CA3871 #BACA38

square

#38CA91 #4838CA #CA3871 #BACA38

split-complementary

#38CA91 #CA38BA #CA4838

monochromatic

#1D6B4C #299B6F #38CA91 #68D7AC #99E4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#38CA91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#38CA91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA91

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CA91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CA91	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BB8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AE95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ca91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.148 162.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbb1',
    500: '#38ca91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ca91;
$custom-light: #83dbb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ca91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.575,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74911,
    "c": 0.14752,
    "h": 162.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CA91

secondary

#CF8EA8

accent

#4783E1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF5

border

#CBD4CF

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA91

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

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