#38D991#38D991

#38D991 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.167 H 158.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D991
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 145)
HSL	hsl(153, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(153, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 33.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -57.17, 24.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 62.01, 157.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.1551 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.167 158.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5514, 52.5071, 35.2546)
Luminance	0.5251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D991 #D93880

analogous

#38D940 #38D991 #38D0D9

triadic

#38D991 #9138D9 #D99138

tetradic

#38D991 #4038D9 #D93880 #D0D938

square

#38D991 #4038D9 #D93880 #D0D938

split-complementary

#38D991 #D938D0 #D94038

monochromatic

#187E51 #22B271 #38D991 #6BE3AD #9FEDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#38D991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#38D991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D991

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D991	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C88D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BA96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.167 158.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e6b1',
    500: '#38d991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d991;
$custom-light: #85e6b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.168,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78704,
    "c": 0.16651,
    "h": 158.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D991

secondary

#863056

accent

#3D8BEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1610

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D991

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

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