#38CB8A#38CB8A

#38CB8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.155 H 159.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CB8A
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 138)
HSL	hsl(153, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(153, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 32%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -53.26, 21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 57.48, 157.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.1447 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.155 159.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5715, 45.3844, 31.3468)
Luminance	0.4539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CB8A #CB3879

analogous

#38CB40 #38CB8A #38C3CB

triadic

#38CB8A #8A38CB #CB8A38

tetradic

#38CB8A #4038CB #CB3879 #C3CB38

square

#38CB8A #4038CB #CB3879 #C3CB38

split-complementary

#38CB8A #CB38C3 #CB4038

monochromatic

#1C6C49 #299D6A #38CB8A #69D8A7 #99E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#38CB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#38CB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CB8A

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CB8A	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BB86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AE8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.155 159.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcac',
    500: '#38cb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cb8a;
$custom-light: #83dcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.469,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75007,
    "c": 0.15475,
    "h": 159.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CB8A

secondary

#D08FAC

accent

#468BE2

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CB8A

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

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