#38C08D#38C08D

#38C08D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.138 H 163.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C08D
RGBrgb(56, 192, 141)
HSLhsl(158, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(158, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.8%, 0%, 26.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(69.80, -48.24, 15.41)
CIE-LCHlch(69.80, 50.64, 162.28°)
OKLaboklab(72.28% -0.1324 0.0393)
OKLCHoklch(72.28% 0.138 163.5)
XYZxyz(25.2855, 40.4602, 31.6711)
Luminance0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C08D #C0386B
analogous
#38C049 #38C08D #38AFC0
triadic
#38C08D #8D38C0 #C08D38
tetradic
#38C08D #4938C0 #C0386B #AFC038
square
#38C08D #4938C0 #C0386B #AFC038
split-complementary
#38C08D #C038AF #C04938
monochromatic
#1C6147 #2A916A #38C08D #64D2A8 #93DFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#38C08D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09
#38C08D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C08D
9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C08D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C08D1.002.319.099.09
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0921.001.001.00
##0000009.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDB28A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ABA590
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0B2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c08d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.138 163.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4ae',
    500: '#38c08d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c08d;
$custom-light: #81d4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c08d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72275,
    "c": 0.1381,
    "h": 163.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C08D
secondary
#CB89A2
accent
#4A81DE
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF4
border
#CBD3CE
text
#0C1410
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

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#38C08D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva