#38CC91#38CC91

#38CC91 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.150 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CC91
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 145)
HSL	hsl(156, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(156, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 28.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -52.16, 18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 55.36, 160.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.1425 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.15 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3316, 46.0675, 34.1813)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CC91 #CC3873

analogous

#38CC47 #38CC91 #38BDCC

triadic

#38CC91 #9138CC #CC9138

tetradic

#38CC91 #4738CC #CC3873 #BDCC38

square

#38CC91 #4738CC #CC3873 #BDCC38

split-complementary

#38CC91 #CC38BD #CC4738

monochromatic

#1C6E4D #299E6F #38CC91 #69D8AC #99E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#38CC91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#38CC91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CC91

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CC91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CC91	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)

#C9BD8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AF95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cc91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.150 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcb1',
    500: '#38cc91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cc91;
$custom-light: #83dcb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cc91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.081,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75418,
    "c": 0.15005,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CC91

secondary

#D18FA9

accent

#4584E2

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF5

border

#CBD4CF

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CC91

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

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