#38B58C#38B58C

#38B58C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.125 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B58C
RGBrgb(56, 181, 140)
HSLhsl(160, 53%, 46%)
HSVhsv(160, 69%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(69.1%, 0%, 22.7%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(66.35, -43.90, 11.12)
CIE-LCHlch(66.35, 45.28, 165.79°)
OKLaboklab(69.44% -0.1216 0.0284)
OKLCHoklch(69.44% 0.125 166.8)
XYZxyz(22.8859, 35.7794, 30.5058)
Luminance0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B58C #B53861
analogous
#38B54E #38B58C #38A0B5
triadic
#38B58C #8C38B5 #B58C38
tetradic
#38B58C #4E38B5 #B53861 #A0B538
square
#38B58C #4E38B5 #B53861 #A0B538
split-complementary
#38B58C #B538A0 #B54E38
monochromatic
#1B5844 #2A8668 #38B58C #5DCDA8 #8CDBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57
#38B58C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16
#38B58C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B58C
8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B58C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B58C1.002.578.168.16
#FFFFFF2.571.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1621.001.001.00
##0000008.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1A88A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A09C8F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B6A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b58c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.125 166.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccad',
    500: '#38b58c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b58c;
$custom-light: #7fccad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b58c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.32,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69443,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B58C
secondary
#C68399
accent
#4C7BDC
background
#F8FCFA
surface
#EFF9F4
border
#CAD2CE
text
#0B1310
muted
#7C827F

Preview Lab

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#38B58C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva