#38C09B#38C09B

#38C09B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.128 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C09B
RGBrgb(56, 192, 155)
HSLhsl(164, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(164, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.8%, 0%, 19.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.11, -44.95, 8.26)
CIE-LCHlch(70.11, 45.70, 169.59°)
OKLaboklab(72.63% -0.1258 0.0211)
OKLCHoklch(72.63% 0.128 170.5)
XYZxyz(26.3938, 40.9035, 37.5081)
Luminance0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C09B #C0385D
analogous
#38C057 #38C09B #38A1C0
triadic
#38C09B #9B38C0 #C09B38
tetradic
#38C09B #5738C0 #C0385D #A1C038
square
#38C09B #5738C0 #C0385D #A1C038
split-complementary
#38C09B #C038A1 #C05738
monochromatic
#1C614E #2A9175 #38C09B #64D2B4 #93DFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#38C09B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18
#38C09B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C09B
9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C09B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C09B1.002.299.189.18
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1821.001.001.00
##0000009.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAB399
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A8A69E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.128 170.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4b8',
    500: '#38c09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c09b;
$custom-light: #81d4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.676,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72634,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C09B
secondary
#CB899B
accent
#4A72DE
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1411
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

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#38C09B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva