#38C391#38C391

#38C391 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.139 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C391
RGBrgb(56, 195, 145)
HSLhsl(158, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(158, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 0%, 25.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.81, -48.55, 14.67)
CIE-LCHlch(70.81, 50.72, 163.19°)
OKLaboklab(73.13% -0.1335 0.0375)
OKLCHoklch(73.13% 0.139 164.3)
XYZxyz(26.2540, 41.9123, 33.4888)
Luminance0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C391 #C3386A
analogous
#38C34C #38C391 #38B0C3
triadic
#38C391 #9138C3 #C39138
tetradic
#38C391 #4C38C3 #C3386A #B0C338
square
#38C391 #4C38C3 #C3386A #B0C338
split-complementary
#38C391 #C338B0 #C34C38
monochromatic
#1D644A #2A936E #38C391 #65D3AB #95E1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24
#38C391 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38
#38C391 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C391
9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C391#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C3911.002.249.389.38
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3821.001.001.00
##0000009.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFB58E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ADA894
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c391;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.139 164.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6b1',
    500: '#38c391',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c391;
$custom-light: #81d6b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c391",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.417,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73135,
    "c": 0.13867,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C391
secondary
#CC8BA2
accent
#497FDF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF5
border
#CBD3CF
text
#0C1410
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C391

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#38C391 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva