#38CA95#38CA95

#38CA95 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.144 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CA95
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 149)
HSL	hsl(158, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(158, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 26.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -50.48, 15.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 52.86, 162.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.1386 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.144 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1732, 45.2485, 35.6770)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CA95 #CA386D

analogous

#38CA4C #38CA95 #38B6CA

triadic

#38CA95 #9538CA #CA9538

tetradic

#38CA95 #4C38CA #CA386D #B6CA38

square

#38CA95 #4C38CA #CA386D #B6CA38

split-complementary

#38CA95 #CA38B6 #CA4C38

monochromatic

#1D6B4F #299B72 #38CA95 #68D7AF #99E4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#38CA95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#38CA95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA95

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CA95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CA95	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BB92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AE98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ca95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.144 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbb4',
    500: '#38ca95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ca95;
$custom-light: #83dbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ca95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.219,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75006,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CA95

secondary

#CF8EA6

accent

#477FE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA95

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

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