#38C38C#38C38C

#38C38C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.143 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C38C
RGBrgb(56, 195, 140)
HSLhsl(156, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(156, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 0%, 28.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.71, -49.67, 17.21)
CIE-LCHlch(70.71, 52.57, 160.89°)
OKLaboklab(73.02% -0.1359 0.0438)
OKLCHoklch(73.02% 0.143 162.1)
XYZxyz(25.8769, 41.7614, 31.5028)
Luminance0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C38C #C3386F
analogous
#38C347 #38C38C #38B5C3
triadic
#38C38C #8C38C3 #C38C38
tetradic
#38C38C #4738C3 #C3386F #B5C338
square
#38C38C #4738C3 #C3386F #B5C338
split-complementary
#38C38C #C338B5 #C34738
monochromatic
#1D6448 #2A936A #38C38C #65D3A8 #95E1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25
#38C38C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35
#38C38C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C38C
9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C38C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C38C1.002.259.359.35
#FFFFFF2.251.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3521.001.001.00
##0000009.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0B589
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AEA890
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c38c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.143 162.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6ad',
    500: '#38c38c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c38c;
$custom-light: #81d6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c38c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.259,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73015,
    "c": 0.14276,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C38C
secondary
#CC8BA5
accent
#4984DF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF4
border
#CBD3CE
text
#0C1410
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C38C

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#38C38C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva