#38CC85#38CC85

#38CC85 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.160 H 157.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CC85
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 133)
HSL	hsl(151, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(151, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 34.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -54.66, 24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 59.93, 155.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.148 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.16 157.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4547, 45.7168, 29.5630)
Luminance	0.4572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CC85 #CC387F

analogous

#38CC3B #38CC85 #38C9CC

triadic

#38CC85 #8538CC #CC8538

tetradic

#38CC85 #3B38CC #CC387F #C9CC38

square

#38CC85 #3B38CC #CC387F #C9CC38

split-complementary

#38CC85 #CC38C9 #CC3B38

monochromatic

#1C6E46 #299E66 #38CC85 #69D8A3 #99E5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38CC85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#38CC85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CC85

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CC85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CC85	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABC80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AF8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cc85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.160 157.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dda9',
    500: '#38cc85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cc85;
$custom-light: #83dda9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cc85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.216,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75155,
    "c": 0.16043,
    "h": 157.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CC85

secondary

#D18FAF

accent

#4591E2

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CC85

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

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