#38C28A#38C28A

#38C28A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.143 H 161.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C28A
RGBrgb(56, 194, 138)
HSLhsl(156, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(156, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.1%, 0%, 28.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.36, -49.71, 17.80)
CIE-LCHlch(70.36, 52.80, 160.30°)
OKLaboklab(72.71% -0.1358 0.0453)
OKLCHoklch(72.71% 0.143 161.6)
XYZxyz(25.5075, 41.2564, 30.6588)
Luminance0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C28A #C23870
analogous
#38C245 #38C28A #38B5C2
triadic
#38C28A #8A38C2 #C28A38
tetradic
#38C28A #4538C2 #C23870 #B5C238
square
#38C28A #4538C2 #C23870 #B5C238
split-complementary
#38C28A #C238B5 #C24538
monochromatic
#1D6346 #2A9368 #38C28A #65D2A6 #94E0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#38C28A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25
#38C28A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C28A
9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C28A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C28A1.002.279.259.25
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2521.001.001.00
##0000009.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFB487
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AEA78E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c28a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.143 161.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5ac',
    500: '#38c28a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c28a;
$custom-light: #81d5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c28a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.652,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72714,
    "c": 0.14316,
    "h": 161.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C28A
secondary
#CB8AA5
accent
#4986DF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF4
border
#CBD3CE
text
#0C1410
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

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#38C28A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva