#38C28B#38C28B

#38C28B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.142 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C28B
RGBrgb(56, 194, 139)
HSLhsl(156, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(156, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.1%, 0%, 28.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.38, -49.49, 17.29)
CIE-LCHlch(70.38, 52.42, 160.74°)
OKLaboklab(72.74% -0.1353 0.044)
OKLCHoklch(72.74% 0.142 162)
XYZxyz(25.5802, 41.2855, 31.0418)
Luminance0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C28B #C2386F
analogous
#38C246 #38C28B #38B4C2
triadic
#38C28B #8B38C2 #C28B38
tetradic
#38C28B #4638C2 #C2386F #B4C238
square
#38C28B #4638C2 #C2386F #B4C238
split-complementary
#38C28B #C238B4 #C24638
monochromatic
#1D6347 #2A9369 #38C28B #65D2A7 #94E0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#38C28B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26
#38C28B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C28B
9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C28B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C28B1.002.279.269.26
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2621.001.001.00
##0000009.2621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFB488
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ADA78F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c28b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.142 162.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5ad',
    500: '#38c28b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c28b;
$custom-light: #81d5ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c28b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.087,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72737,
    "c": 0.14231,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.41288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C28B
secondary
#CB8AA4
accent
#4985DF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF4
border
#CBD3CE
text
#0C1410
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

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#38C28B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva