#38C38E#38C38E

#38C38E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.141 H 163.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C38E
RGBrgb(56, 195, 142)
HSLhsl(157, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(157, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 0%, 27.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.75, -49.23, 16.20)
CIE-LCHlch(70.75, 51.83, 161.79°)
OKLaboklab(73.06% -0.1349 0.0413)
OKLCHoklch(73.06% 0.141 163)
XYZxyz(26.0257, 41.8210, 32.2866)
Luminance0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C38E #C3386D
analogous
#38C349 #38C38E #38B3C3
triadic
#38C38E #8E38C3 #C38E38
tetradic
#38C38E #4938C3 #C3386D #B3C338
square
#38C38E #4938C3 #C3386D #B3C338
split-complementary
#38C38E #C338B3 #C34938
monochromatic
#1D6449 #2A936B #38C38E #65D3A9 #95E1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24
#38C38E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36
#38C38E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C38E
9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C38E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C38E1.002.249.369.36
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3621.001.001.00
##0000009.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0B58B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AEA891
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.141 163.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6af',
    500: '#38c38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c38e;
$custom-light: #81d6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.122,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73063,
    "c": 0.1411,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.41824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C38E
secondary
#CC8BA4
accent
#4982DF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF4
border
#CBD3CE
text
#0C1410
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

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#38C38E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva