#38C38B#38C38B

#38C38B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.144 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C38B
RGBrgb(56, 195, 139)
HSLhsl(156, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(156, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 0%, 28.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.69, -49.89, 17.72)
CIE-LCHlch(70.69, 52.94, 160.44°)
OKLaboklab(72.99% -0.1363 0.0451)
OKLCHoklch(72.99% 0.144 161.7)
XYZxyz(25.8035, 41.7321, 31.1163)
Luminance0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C38B #C33870
analogous
#38C346 #38C38B #38B6C3
triadic
#38C38B #8B38C3 #C38B38
tetradic
#38C38B #4638C3 #C33870 #B6C338
square
#38C38B #4638C3 #C33870 #B6C338
split-complementary
#38C38B #C338B6 #C34638
monochromatic
#1D6447 #2A9369 #38C38B #65D3A7 #95E1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25
#38C38B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35
#38C38B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C38B
9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C38B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C38B1.002.259.359.35
#FFFFFF2.251.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3521.001.001.00
##0000009.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0B488
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AEA88F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c38b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.144 161.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6ad',
    500: '#38c38b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c38b;
$custom-light: #81d6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c38b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.827,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72992,
    "c": 0.1436,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C38B
secondary
#CC8BA5
accent
#4985DF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF4
border
#CBD3CE
text
#0C1410
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

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#38C38B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva