#38C387#38C387

#38C387 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.147 H 160.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C387
RGBrgb(56, 195, 135)
HSLhsl(154, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(154, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 0%, 30.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.61, -50.75, 19.75)
CIE-LCHlch(70.61, 54.46, 158.73°)
OKLaboklab(72.9% -0.1382 0.0501)
OKLCHoklch(72.9% 0.147 160.1)
XYZxyz(25.5166, 41.6173, 29.6051)
Luminance0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C387 #C33874
analogous
#38C342 #38C387 #38BAC3
triadic
#38C387 #8738C3 #C38738
tetradic
#38C387 #4238C3 #C33874 #BAC338
square
#38C387 #4238C3 #C33874 #BAC338
split-complementary
#38C387 #C338BA #C34238
monochromatic
#1D6445 #2A9366 #38C387 #65D3A4 #95E1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25
#38C387 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32
#38C387 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C387
9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C387#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C3871.002.259.329.32
#FFFFFF2.251.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3221.001.001.00
##0000009.3221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1B483
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFA88B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.147 160.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6aa',
    500: '#38c387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c387;
$custom-light: #81d6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.101,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.729,
    "c": 0.14702,
    "h": 160.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C387
secondary
#CC8BA7
accent
#498ADF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF4
border
#CBD3CE
text
#0C1410
muted
#7D837F

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#38C387 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva