#38CC90#38CC90

#38CC90 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.151 H 161.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CC90
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 144)
HSL	hsl(156, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(156, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 29.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -52.38, 19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 55.73, 160.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.1429 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.151 161.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2548, 46.0368, 33.7770)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CC90 #CC3874

analogous

#38CC46 #38CC90 #38BECC

triadic

#38CC90 #9038CC #CC9038

tetradic

#38CC90 #4638CC #CC3874 #BECC38

square

#38CC90 #4638CC #CC3874 #BECC38

split-complementary

#38CC90 #CC38BE #CC4638

monochromatic

#1C6E4D #299E6F #38CC90 #69D8AB #99E5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#38CC90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#38CC90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CC90

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CC90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CC90	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BD8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AF94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cc90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.151 161.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcb0',
    500: '#38cc90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cc90;
$custom-light: #83dcb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cc90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.676,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75395,
    "c": 0.1509,
    "h": 161.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CC90

secondary

#D18FAA

accent

#4585E2

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF5

border

#CBD4CF

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CC90

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

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