#38CC94#38CC94

#38CC94 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.148 H 162.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CC94
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 148)
HSL	hsl(157, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(157, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 27.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -51.50, 17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 54.24, 161.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.1411 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.148 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5660, 46.1613, 35.4157)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CC94 #CC3870

analogous

#38CC4A #38CC94 #38BACC

triadic

#38CC94 #9438CC #CC9438

tetradic

#38CC94 #4A38CC #CC3870 #BACC38

square

#38CC94 #4A38CC #CC3870 #BACC38

split-complementary

#38CC94 #CC38BA #CC4A38

monochromatic

#1C6E4F #299E72 #38CC94 #69D8AE #99E5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#38CC94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#38CC94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CC94

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CC94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CC94	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BD91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AF98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cc94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.148 162.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcb3',
    500: '#38cc94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cc94;
$custom-light: #83dcb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cc94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.297,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75487,
    "c": 0.14758,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CC94

secondary

#D18FA8

accent

#4581E2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CC94

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

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