#38C198#38C198

#38C198 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.131 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C198
RGBrgb(56, 193, 152)
HSLhsl(162, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(162, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71%, 0%, 21.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.35, -46.10, 10.23)
CIE-LCHlch(70.35, 47.22, 167.49°)
OKLaboklab(72.81% -0.1282 0.0262)
OKLCHoklch(72.81% 0.131 168.5)
XYZxyz(26.3653, 41.2446, 36.2712)
Luminance0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C198 #C13861
analogous
#38C154 #38C198 #38A6C1
triadic
#38C198 #9838C1 #C19838
tetradic
#38C198 #5438C1 #C13861 #A6C138
square
#38C198 #5438C1 #C13861 #A6C138
split-complementary
#38C198 #C138A6 #C15438
monochromatic
#1C624D #2A9273 #38C198 #64D2B1 #94E0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#38C198 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25
#38C198 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C198
9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C198#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C1981.002.279.259.25
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2521.001.001.00
##0000009.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCB496
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AAA79B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.131 168.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4b6',
    500: '#38c198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c198;
$custom-light: #81d4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.044,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72806,
    "c": 0.13084,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C198
secondary
#CB8A9D
accent
#4976DE
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1411
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

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#38C198 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva