#38CC8B#38CC8B

#38CC8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.155 H 159.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CC8B
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 139)
HSL	hsl(154, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(154, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 31.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -53.44, 21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 57.62, 158.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.1453 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.155 159.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8811, 45.8873, 31.8088)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CC8B #CC3879

analogous

#38CC41 #38CC8B #38C3CC

triadic

#38CC8B #8B38CC #CC8B38

tetradic

#38CC8B #4138CC #CC3879 #C3CC38

square

#38CC8B #4138CC #CC3879 #C3CC38

split-complementary

#38CC8B #CC38C3 #CC4138

monochromatic

#1C6E4A #299E6B #38CC8B #69D8A7 #99E5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#38CC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#38CC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CC8B

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CC8B	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABC87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AF8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cc8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.155 159.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcad',
    500: '#38cc8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cc8b;
$custom-light: #83dcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cc8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.649,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75283,
    "c": 0.15516,
    "h": 159.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CC8B

secondary

#D18FAC

accent

#458AE2

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CC8B

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

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